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... told that Dryden , having perused these verses , said , “ Cousin Swift , you will never be a poet ; " and that this denuncia- tion was the motive of Swift's perpetual malevolence to Dryden . In 1699 Temple died , and left a legacy with ...
... told that Dryden , having perused these verses , said , “ Cousin Swift , you will never be a poet ; " and that this denuncia- tion was the motive of Swift's perpetual malevolence to Dryden . In 1699 Temple died , and left a legacy with ...
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... told by the Bishop , that he was a young man ; and , still persisting to doubt , that he was a very positive young man . Three years afterward ( 1704 ) was published " The Tale of a Tub : " 3 of this book charity may be persuaded to ...
... told by the Bishop , that he was a young man ; and , still persisting to doubt , that he was a very positive young man . Three years afterward ( 1704 ) was published " The Tale of a Tub : " 3 of this book charity may be persuaded to ...
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... told ; what he had suffered was , I suppose , the exclusion from a bishoprick by the remonstrances of Sharpe , ' whom he de- scribes as the harmless tool of others hate , and whom he represents as afterwards suing for pardon . Harley's ...
... told ; what he had suffered was , I suppose , the exclusion from a bishoprick by the remonstrances of Sharpe , ' whom he de- scribes as the harmless tool of others hate , and whom he represents as afterwards suing for pardon . Harley's ...
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... told at move along its pages , or describes them , and of whic expectations and disapr bourhood , the alterna ** ense and nonsense in ect microcosm o en 1710-1713 , when Swift ne , he r ory them his opinion , that all was lost . This. 22 ...
... told at move along its pages , or describes them , and of whic expectations and disapr bourhood , the alterna ** ense and nonsense in ect microcosm o en 1710-1713 , when Swift ne , he r ory them his opinion , that all was lost . This. 22 ...
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... told me , in the garden . The marriage made no change in their mode of life ; they lived in different houses , as before ; nor did she ever lodge in the deanery but when Swift was seized with a fit of giddi- ness . " It would be ...
... told me , in the garden . The marriage made no change in their mode of life ; they lived in different houses , as before ; nor did she ever lodge in the deanery but when Swift was seized with a fit of giddi- ness . " It would be ...
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Sivu 22 - SMYTH'S (Professor) Lectures on Modern History; from the Irruption of the Northern Nations to the close of the American Revolution.
Sivu 171 - The style of Dryden is capricious and varied ; that of Pope is cautious and uniform. Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind ; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle.
Sivu 18 - PASCAL'S Thoughts. Translated from the Text of M. Auguste Molinier by C. Kegan Paul. 3rd Edition, y, dd. PAULI'S (Dr. R.) Life of Alfred the Great. Translated from the German. To which is appended Alfred's ANGLO-SAXON VERSION OF OROSIUS. With a literal Translation interpaged, Notes, and an ANGLO-SAXON GRAMMAR and GLOSSARY, by B. Thorpe. 5^. PAUSANIAS
Sivu 209 - This modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say, Here lies an honest man: A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the Proud and Great: Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace.
Sivu 23 - STRABO'S Geography. Translated by W. Falconer, MA, and HC Hamilton. 3 vols. 5^. each. STRICKLAND'S (Agnes) Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest. Revised Edition. With 6 Portraits. 6 vols. 5*. each. Life of Mary Queen of Soots. 2 vols. 5*. each. Lives of the Tudor and Stuart Princesses. With Portraits. 5*.
Sivu 20 - Craven.' With 62 Engravings on Wood after Harvey, and 9 Engravings on Steel, chiefly after A. Cooper, RA 5*.
Sivu 182 - The freaks, and humours, and spleen, and vanity, of women, as they embroil families in discord, and fill houses with disquiet, do more to obstruct the happiness of life in a year, than the ambition of the clergy in many centuries.
Sivu 5 - CASTLE (E.) Schools and Masters of Fence, from the Middle Ages to the End of the Eighteenth Century. By Egerton Castle, MA, FSA With a Complete Bibliography. Illustrated with 140 Reproductions of Old Engravings and 6 Plates of Swords, showing 114 Examples. 6s.
Sivu 172 - Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden.
Sivu 9 - FLORENCE OF WORCESTER'S Chronicle, with the Two Continuations : comprising Annals of English History from the Departure of the Romans to the Reign of Edward I.