The lives of the English poetsF. C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... sent at the age of six to the school at Kil- kenny , and in his fifteenth year ( 1682 ) was admitted into the University of Dublin . In his academical studies he was either not diligent or not happy . It must disappoint every reader's ...
... sent at the age of six to the school at Kil- kenny , and in his fifteenth year ( 1682 ) was admitted into the University of Dublin . In his academical studies he was either not diligent or not happy . It must disappoint every reader's ...
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... sent Swift for the same purpose to the king . Swift , who probably was proud of his em- ployment , and went with all the confidence of a young man , found his arguments , and his art of displaying them , made totally ineffectual by the ...
... sent Swift for the same purpose to the king . Swift , who probably was proud of his em- ployment , and went with all the confidence of a young man , found his arguments , and his art of displaying them , made totally ineffectual by the ...
Sivu 4
... sent him to the grave , deprived of reason . Being much oppressed at Moor - park by this griev- ous malady , he was advised to try his native air , and went to Ireland ; but , finding no benefit , returned to Sir William , at whose ...
... sent him to the grave , deprived of reason . Being much oppressed at Moor - park by this griev- ous malady , he was advised to try his native air , and went to Ireland ; but , finding no benefit , returned to Sir William , at whose ...
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... sent , or supposed to be sent , by letters . I have been told that Dryden , having pe- rused these verses , said , Cousin Swift , you will never be a poet ; " and that this denunciation was the motive of Swift's perpetual malevolence to ...
... sent , or supposed to be sent , by letters . I have been told that Dryden , having pe- rused these verses , said , Cousin Swift , you will never be a poet ; " and that this denunciation was the motive of Swift's perpetual malevolence to ...
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... sent from the country to Parliament , who formed themselves into a club , to the number of about a hundred , and met to animate the zeal and raise the expectations of each other . They thought , with great reason , that the Ministers ...
... sent from the country to Parliament , who formed themselves into a club , to the number of about a hundred , and met to animate the zeal and raise the expectations of each other . They thought , with great reason , that the Ministers ...
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