The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of LecturesHarper, 1853 - 297 strani |
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Stran 9
... Stella , and buried Esther Vanhomrigh , Vanessa , who had followed him to Ireland from London , where she had contracted a violent passion for him . In 1726 and 1727 Swift was in England , which he quitted for the last time on hearing ...
... Stella , and buried Esther Vanhomrigh , Vanessa , who had followed him to Ireland from London , where she had contracted a violent passion for him . In 1726 and 1727 Swift was in England , which he quitted for the last time on hearing ...
Stran 9
... Stella and Vanessa controversy the Doctor does not bear very hardly on Swift . But he could not give the Dean that honest hand of his ; the stout old man puts it into his breast , and moves off from him . " Would we have liked to live ...
... Stella and Vanessa controversy the Doctor does not bear very hardly on Swift . But he could not give the Dean that honest hand of his ; the stout old man puts it into his breast , and moves off from him . " Would we have liked to live ...
Stran 12
... Stella . " I am plagued with bad authors , verse and prose , who send me their books and poems , the vilest I ever saw ; but I have given their names to my man , never to let them see me . " -Journal to Stella . The following curious ...
... Stella . " I am plagued with bad authors , verse and prose , who send me their books and poems , the vilest I ever saw ; but I have given their names to my man , never to let them see me . " -Journal to Stella . The following curious ...
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... Stella : - 66 JOURNAL . LETTER XΙΧ . " London , March 25th , 1710-11 . ...... We have let Guiscard be buried at last , after showing him pickled in a trough this fortnight for twopence a piece ; and the fellow that showed would point to ...
... Stella : - 66 JOURNAL . LETTER XΙΧ . " London , March 25th , 1710-11 . ...... We have let Guiscard be buried at last , after showing him pickled in a trough this fortnight for twopence a piece ; and the fellow that showed would point to ...
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... him . He is a Scotch rogue , one Ridpath . They get out upon bail , and write on . We take them again , and get fresh bail ; so it goes round . " - Journal to Stella . for one , that fate wrested the prey out of SWIFT . 15.
... him . He is a Scotch rogue , one Ridpath . They get out upon bail , and write on . We take them again , and get fresh bail ; so it goes round . " - Journal to Stella . for one , that fate wrested the prey out of SWIFT . 15.
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