The English humorists of the eighteenth century. Critical reviews. The second funeral of NapoleonEstes & Lauriat, 1896 |
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... poet . Sir Walter Scott gives , with his characteristic minute- ness in such points , the exact relationship between these famous men . Swift was " the son of Dryden's second cousin . " Swift , too , was the enemy of Dryden's reputation ...
... poet . Sir Walter Scott gives , with his characteristic minute- ness in such points , the exact relationship between these famous men . Swift was " the son of Dryden's second cousin . " Swift , too , was the enemy of Dryden's reputation ...
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... poet , " was the phrase of Dry- den to his kinsman , which remained alive in a memory tenacious of such matters . 1 " Miss Hetty " she was called in the family- where her face , and her dress , and Sir William's treatment of her , all ...
... poet , " was the phrase of Dry- den to his kinsman , which remained alive in a memory tenacious of such matters . 1 " Miss Hetty " she was called in the family- where her face , and her dress , and Sir William's treatment of her , all ...
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... dignified writer , the Earl of Orrery . His lordship is said to have striven for literary renown , chiefly that he might make up for the slight of poets , receives the famous Irishman , and takes 4 ENGLISH HUMORISTS .
... dignified writer , the Earl of Orrery . His lordship is said to have striven for literary renown , chiefly that he might make up for the slight of poets , receives the famous Irishman , and takes 4 ENGLISH HUMORISTS .
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William Makepeace Thackeray. of poets , receives the famous Irishman , and takes off his hat to him with a bow of surly recognition , scans him from head to foot , and passes over to the other side of the street . Dr. Wilde of Dublin , 1 ...
William Makepeace Thackeray. of poets , receives the famous Irishman , and takes off his hat to him with a bow of surly recognition , scans him from head to foot , and passes over to the other side of the street . Dr. Wilde of Dublin , 1 ...
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... poet in England was Mr. Pope ( a Papist ) , who had begun a that in my life already " ( meaning Sir William Temple , ) etc. etc. - Journal to Stella . " I am thinking what a veneration we used to have for Sir Wil- liam Temple because he ...
... poet in England was Mr. Pope ( a Papist ) , who had begun a that in my life already " ( meaning Sir William Temple , ) etc. etc. - Journal to Stella . " I am thinking what a veneration we used to have for Sir Wil- liam Temple because he ...
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