The Works ...: With the Author's Life and Character, Notes [etc.] In Eight Volumes, Volume 8A. Donaldson, 1761 |
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... Answer to the former . tion in Ireland Of 64 66 67 335 8 2 3 68 70 71 74 75 His fitua- 78 19 81 XXXII . From the fame . His own and Mr Pope's temper XXXIII . Lord Bolingbroke's life in the country . More about the Dunciad . XXXIV . From ...
... Answer to the former . tion in Ireland Of 64 66 67 335 8 2 3 68 70 71 74 75 His fitua- 78 19 81 XXXII . From the fame . His own and Mr Pope's temper XXXIII . Lord Bolingbroke's life in the country . More about the Dunciad . XXXIV . From ...
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... Answer to the former . His temper of mind fince his mother's death . The union of fentiments in all his acquain- tance LXXI . Concern for his abfence . Of a libel against him . Re- flections on the behaviour of a worthless man LXXII ...
... Answer to the former . His temper of mind fince his mother's death . The union of fentiments in all his acquain- tance LXXI . Concern for his abfence . Of a libel against him . Re- flections on the behaviour of a worthless man LXXII ...
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... answer to Lord Palmerston's civil polite letter , Jan. 31. 1725-6 238 CXV . To Dr Sheridan , July 8. 1726 241 CXVI . To the fame , July 27. 1726 243 CXVII . To the fame , May 13. 1727 CXVIII . To the fame , June 24. 1727 CXIX . To the ...
... answer to Lord Palmerston's civil polite letter , Jan. 31. 1725-6 238 CXV . To Dr Sheridan , July 8. 1726 241 CXVI . To the fame , July 27. 1726 243 CXVII . To the fame , May 13. 1727 CXVIII . To the fame , June 24. 1727 CXIX . To the ...
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... answer 309 A confultation of four physicians upon a Lord that was dying 311 Advertisement , for the honour of the kingdom of Ireland 313 A character of P- te Mh 314 The blunders , deficiencies , diftreffes , and miseries of Quilca 316 A ...
... answer 309 A confultation of four physicians upon a Lord that was dying 311 Advertisement , for the honour of the kingdom of Ireland 313 A character of P- te Mh 314 The blunders , deficiencies , diftreffes , and miseries of Quilca 316 A ...
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... answers of his friends , afford materials to form conjectures upon the different characters , not only of the Dean , but of his cor . refpondents . The ... answer to Dr Swift, offering him a fum of money to induce him to change his religion.
... answers of his friends , afford materials to form conjectures upon the different characters , not only of the Dean , but of his cor . refpondents . The ... answer to Dr Swift, offering him a fum of money to induce him to change his religion.
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Adieu affure againſt almoſt anfwer becauſe befides beſt cafe caufe confequence converfation Dean deferve defign defire Dr SHERIDAN Dr SWIFT Dublin Duchefs Dunciad England eſteem faid fame fatire fcheme feem feen fend fenfe fent fervants fervice feven fhall fhew fhould fide fince fome fomething fometimes foon Fourth Doctor fpirit friends friendſhip ftill fubject fuch fuppofe fure give Grace greateſt hath hear himſelf honour hope houfe houſe intereft Ireland juſt lady laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs letter live Lord Bolingbroke moft moſt muſt myſelf never obferve occafion Orrery paffed perfon philofopher pleafed pleaſe pleaſure Pope Pray prefent profe publiſhed reafon refpect ſay ſee ſhall ſhe Sir William Temple ſome ſtate tell thefe themſelves theſe thing Third Doctor thofe thoſe thought thouſand underſtanding uſed verfes Warb Whig whofe wiſh worfe writ write your's yourſelf
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Page 92 - I will further tell you, that all my endeavours, from a boy, 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, it is no great matter, and so the reputation of wit or great learning does the office of a blue ribbon, or of a coach and six horses.
Page 44 - I hate and detest that animal called man, although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth.
Page 122 - I dislike nothing in your letter but an affected apology for bad writing, bad spelling, and a bad pen; which you pretend Mr Gay found fault with; Wherein you affront Mr Gay, you affront me, and you affront yourself.
Page 179 - 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 60 - Motte * received the copy (he tells me) he knew not from whence, nor from whom, dropped at his house in the dark, from a hackney-coach : by computing the time, I found it was after you left England, so, for my part, I suspend my judgment.
Page 15 - ... to war and gods. I tell you all the faults I know, only in one or two places you are a little obscure; but I expected you to be so in one or two and twenty.
Page 33 - I often threatened myself with the journey, and am every summer practising to ride and get health to bear it : the only inconvenience is, that I grow old in the experiment. Although I care not to talk to you as a divine, yet I hope you have not been author of your colic : do you drink bad wine, or keep bad company? Are you not as many years older as I ? It will not be always et tibi quos mihi dempserit apponet annos.
Page 31 - I dare not venture to publish them : For however orthodox they may be while I am now writing, they may become criminal enough to bring me into trouble before midsummer.
Page 155 - But even this trick shall not provoke me to print the true one, which indeed is not proper to be seen till I can be seen no more...
Page 194 - Patron, and then descended to be my Friend. It is a great favour of Heaven, that your health grows better by the addition of years. I have...