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... prefent amule- Lust and difition NEVIL FR the fame , on the Game fibielts , and concern- ksy aconnay , his fentiments or the times , and his manner * H - 0f the fore of fame and vision . Has fruendhip for 48. Dome SOX A que pacenfion ...
... prefent amule- Lust and difition NEVIL FR the fame , on the Game fibielts , and concern- ksy aconnay , his fentiments or the times , and his manner * H - 0f the fore of fame and vision . Has fruendhip for 48. Dome SOX A que pacenfion ...
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... prefent amuse- ments , and difpofition XXXVIII . From the fame , on the fame fubjects , and concern- ing œconomy ; his fentiments on the times , and his manner of life . Of the love of fame and distinction . His friendship for Mr Pope ...
... prefent amuse- ments , and difpofition XXXVIII . From the fame , on the fame fubjects , and concern- ing œconomy ; his fentiments on the times , and his manner of life . Of the love of fame and distinction . His friendship for Mr Pope ...
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... prefent circumstances of his life and his companions . Wishes that the last part of their days might be paffed together LXXXVII . From Dr Swift . Reafons that obftruct his co- ming to England . Defires to be remembered in Mr Pope's ...
... prefent circumstances of his life and his companions . Wishes that the last part of their days might be paffed together LXXXVII . From Dr Swift . Reafons that obftruct his co- ming to England . Defires to be remembered in Mr Pope's ...
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... prefent circumftances of his life and his companions . Wishes that the last part of their days might be paffed together LXXXVII . From Dr Swift . Reafons that obftruct his co- ming to England . Defires to be remembered in Mr Pope's ...
... prefent circumftances of his life and his companions . Wishes that the last part of their days might be paffed together LXXXVII . From Dr Swift . Reafons that obftruct his co- ming to England . Defires to be remembered in Mr Pope's ...
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... prefent , it fatisfies the curiofity of the public ; but for the future , it will tend to reftrain that unfufpicious openness , which is the principal delight of writing to our friends . I am forry to fay by experience , that the ...
... prefent , it fatisfies the curiofity of the public ; but for the future , it will tend to reftrain that unfufpicious openness , which is the principal delight of writing to our friends . I am forry to fay by experience , that the ...
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Adieu affure againſt almoſt altho anfwer becauſe befides beft beſt cauſe confequence converfation court deferve defign defire Dr SWIFT Dublin Duchefs Dunciad eafy efteem England faid fame fatire fcheme fear feem fend fenfe fent fervants feven feveral fhall fhew fhould filks fince finiſhed firft fome fomething fometimes foon forry fpeak fpirit friends friendſhip ftill ftrong fubject fuch fummer fuppofe fure give Grace greateſt Gulliver's Travels hath himſelf honour houſe intereft Ireland juft lady laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs letter live lofe Lord Bathurst Lord Bolingbroke Lord Peterborow manner minifters moft moſt muft muſt myſelf never obferve pafs perfon philofopher pleafed pleaſe pleaſure poets poffibly Pope Pray prefent printed profe publiſhed reafon ſhall ſhe ſtate tell thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand uſed verfes vifit Warb Whig whofe wiſh worfe writ write yourſelf
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Page 96 - However, if I shall once have the honour to attend your Grace, I will out of fear and prudence appear as vain as I can, that I may not know your thoughts of me. This is your own direction, but it was needless. For Diogenes himself would be vain to have received the honour of being one moment of his life in the thoughts of your Grace.
Page 150 - I see things more in the whole, more consistent, and more clearly deduced from, and related to each other. But what I gain on the side of philosophy, I lose on the side of poetry : the flowers are gone, when the fruits begin to ripen, and the fruits perhaps will never ripen perfectly.
Page 323 - ... now handled by every dirty wench, condemned to do her drudgery, and, by a capricious kind of fate, destined to make other things clean, and be nasty itself; at length, worn to the stumps in the...
Page 26 - Torpor, or he teazes me like the Fly. This is the Picture of an old Friend, and more like him than that will be which you once afked, and which he will fend you, if you continue ftill to defire it.
Page 46 - Two sick friends never did well together ; such an office is fitter for servants and humble companions, to whom it is wholly indifferent whether we give them trouble or no. The...
Page 27 - Auguftus : but Envy, and Party, and Pride, have hindered it among us. I do not include the Subalterns, of which you are feldom without a large Tribe. Under the name of Poets and Scriblers I fuppofe you mean the Fools you are content to fee fometimes, when they happen to be modeft ; which was not frequent among them while I was in the world.
Page 28 - I like the scheme of our meeting after distresses and dispersions, but the chief end I propose to myself in all my labours is to vex the world rather than divert it ; and if I could compass that design without hurting my own person or fortune, I would be the most indefatigable writer you have ever seen without reading.
Page 127 - ... one or two females) had got many lines by heart here and there, and repeated them often ; yet it happens, that not one...
Page 31 - Our friend Gay is used as the friends of Tories are by Whigs — and generally by Tories too. Because he had humour, he was supposed to have dealt with Dr. Swift, in like manner as when any one had learning formerly, he was thought to have dealt with the devil...
Page 109 - My stint in company is a pint at noon, and half as much at night ; but I often dine at home like a hermit, and then I drink little or none at all.