LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... Swift , - 102 - 402 · 468 - 494 497 - 587 - + Otway , Waller , Pomfret , Dorset , - 112 Pitt , - 113 Thomson , - 589 - 145 - 146 Watts , A. Philips , - 598 - 604 - Stepney , J. Philips , Walsh , - 149 West , -610 - 151 Collins , - 613 ...
... Swift , - 102 - 402 · 468 - 494 497 - 587 - + Otway , Waller , Pomfret , Dorset , - 112 Pitt , - 113 Thomson , - 589 - 145 - 146 Watts , A. Philips , - 598 - 604 - Stepney , J. Philips , Walsh , - 149 West , -610 - 151 Collins , - 613 ...
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... Swift in the ministry of Oxford ; but it has never since been publickly mentioned , though at that time great expectations were formed by some , of its establishment and its effects . Such a society might , perhaps , without much ...
... Swift in the ministry of Oxford ; but it has never since been publickly mentioned , though at that time great expectations were formed by some , of its establishment and its effects . Such a society might , perhaps , without much ...
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... swift as winde , Nor euer staid , nor euer lookt behinde , 3 Through thicke and thinne , all night , all day , she driued , Withouten comfort , companie , or guide , Her plaints and teares with euery thought reuiued , She heard and saw ...
... swift as winde , Nor euer staid , nor euer lookt behinde , 3 Through thicke and thinne , all night , all day , she driued , Withouten comfort , companie , or guide , Her plaints and teares with euery thought reuiued , She heard and saw ...
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... Swift Jordan started , and strait backward fled , Hiding among thick reeds his aged head . 66 " And when the Spaniards their assault begin , " At once beat those without and those within . " This Almanzor speaks of himself ; and sure ...
... Swift Jordan started , and strait backward fled , Hiding among thick reeds his aged head . 66 " And when the Spaniards their assault begin , " At once beat those without and those within . " This Almanzor speaks of himself ; and sure ...
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... Swift , who Conversed with Dryden , relates that he regretted the success of his own instruc- tions , and found his readers made suddenly too skilful to be easily satisfied . His prologues had such reputation , that for some time a play ...
... Swift , who Conversed with Dryden , relates that he regretted the success of his own instruc- tions , and found his readers made suddenly too skilful to be easily satisfied . His prologues had such reputation , that for some time a play ...
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