The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of LecturesHarper, 1853 - 297 strani |
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... , I suppose you take me for one of your poor English hedge - parsons ; sing when I bid you . ' As the Earl did nothing but laugh at this freedom , the lady was so vexed that He says as much himself in one of his letters SWIFT . 11.
... , I suppose you take me for one of your poor English hedge - parsons ; sing when I bid you . ' As the Earl did nothing but laugh at this freedom , the lady was so vexed that He says as much himself in one of his letters SWIFT . 11.
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... letters to Boling- broke : - " All my endeavours to distinguish myself were only for want of a great title and fortune , that I might be used like a lord by those who have an opinion of my parts ; whether right or wrong is no great ...
... letters to Boling- broke : - " All my endeavours to distinguish myself were only for want of a great title and fortune , that I might be used like a lord by those who have an opinion of my parts ; whether right or wrong is no great ...
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... letter : " BOLINGBROKE TO THE EARL OF STRAFFORD . " Whitehall , July 23rd , 1712 . " It is a melancholy consideration that the laws of our country are too weak to punish effectually those factious scribblers , who presume to blacken the ...
... letter : " BOLINGBROKE TO THE EARL OF STRAFFORD . " Whitehall , July 23rd , 1712 . " It is a melancholy consideration that the laws of our country are too weak to punish effectually those factious scribblers , who presume to blacken the ...
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... Letters , " and a hundred humble Christian works of which he was the author . As for the Opposition , the Doctor was for deal- ing severely with them : he writes to Stella : - 66 JOURNAL . LETTER XΙΧ . " London , March 25th , 1710-11 ...
... Letters , " and a hundred humble Christian works of which he was the author . As for the Opposition , the Doctor was for deal- ing severely with them : he writes to Stella : - 66 JOURNAL . LETTER XΙΧ . " London , March 25th , 1710-11 ...
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... letter to Pope ( SCOTT's Swift , vol . xix . p . 97 ) , he says- " We have had your volume of letters .. Some of those who highly value you , and a few who know you personally , are grieved to find you make no distinc- tion between the ...
... letter to Pope ( SCOTT's Swift , vol . xix . p . 97 ) , he says- " We have had your volume of letters .. Some of those who highly value you , and a few who know you personally , are grieved to find you make no distinc- tion between the ...
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