The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of LecturesHarper, 1853 - 297 strani |
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A Series of Lectures William Makepeace Thackeray. HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY GIFT OF THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Feb 15 , 1938 2 CONTENTS . LECTURE THE FIRST . SWIFT ............. Page 5 10466.24.10.
A Series of Lectures William Makepeace Thackeray. HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY GIFT OF THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Feb 15 , 1938 2 CONTENTS . LECTURE THE FIRST . SWIFT ............. Page 5 10466.24.10.
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A Series of Lectures William Makepeace Thackeray. CONTENTS . LECTURE THE FIRST . SWIFT ............. Page 5 LECTURE THE SECOND . CONGREVE AND ADDISON .. 50 STEELE . i LECTURE THE THIRD . 92 LECTURE THE FOURTH . PRIOR , GAY , AND POPE ...
A Series of Lectures William Makepeace Thackeray. CONTENTS . LECTURE THE FIRST . SWIFT ............. Page 5 LECTURE THE SECOND . CONGREVE AND ADDISON .. 50 STEELE . i LECTURE THE THIRD . 92 LECTURE THE FOURTH . PRIOR , GAY , AND POPE ...
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... SWIFT . In treating of the English humourists of the past age , it is of the men and of their lives , rather than of their books , that I ask permission to speak to you ; and in doing so , you are aware that I cannot hope to entertain ...
... SWIFT . In treating of the English humourists of the past age , it is of the men and of their lives , rather than of their books , that I ask permission to speak to you ; and in doing so , you are aware that I cannot hope to entertain ...
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... Swift , Vicar of Goodrich , in Herefordshire , suffered for his loy- alty in Charles I.'s time . That gentleman ... Swift was " the son of Dryden's second cousin . " Swift , too , was the enemy of Dryden's rep- utation . Witness ...
... Swift , Vicar of Goodrich , in Herefordshire , suffered for his loy- alty in Charles I.'s time . That gentleman ... Swift was " the son of Dryden's second cousin . " Swift , too , was the enemy of Dryden's rep- utation . Witness ...
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... Swift was re- ceived into the family of Sir William Temple , who had known Mrs. Swift in Ireland . He left his patron in 1693 , and the next year took orders in Dublin . But he threw up the small Irish preferment which he got , and ...
... Swift was re- ceived into the family of Sir William Temple , who had known Mrs. Swift in Ireland . He left his patron in 1693 , and the next year took orders in Dublin . But he threw up the small Irish preferment which he got , and ...
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