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Page xvii
... wrote admirably pure , graceful , and melodious English , and dallied in a feeble way with literature , composing essays excellent in form , but for the most part very vapid in substance , on politics and gardens , on Chinese literature ...
... wrote admirably pure , graceful , and melodious English , and dallied in a feeble way with literature , composing essays excellent in form , but for the most part very vapid in substance , on politics and gardens , on Chinese literature ...
Page xviii
... wrote , " how I used to be in pain when Sir W. Temple would look cold or out of humour for three or four days , and I used to suspect a hundred reasons ? I have plucked up my spirits since then ; faith , he spoiled a fine gentleman ...
... wrote , " how I used to be in pain when Sir W. Temple would look cold or out of humour for three or four days , and I used to suspect a hundred reasons ? I have plucked up my spirits since then ; faith , he spoiled a fine gentleman ...
Page xxi
... wrote to Temple asking for this testimonial was in a strain of great humility . There was no real reason , however , why it should have been refused , nor does Temple appear to have made any difficulty or reproaches . Swift was ordained ...
... wrote to Temple asking for this testimonial was in a strain of great humility . There was no real reason , however , why it should have been refused , nor does Temple appear to have made any difficulty or reproaches . Swift was ordained ...
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... wrote , " from six years old , and had some share in her education by directing what books she should read , and perpetually instructing her in the principles of honour and virtue from which she never swerved in any one action or moment ...
... wrote , " from six years old , and had some share in her education by directing what books she should read , and perpetually instructing her in the principles of honour and virtue from which she never swerved in any one action or moment ...
Page xxv
... wrote , excited considerable attention , and was at- tributed to Bishop Burnet . The true authorship was soon known , and it strengthened his social posi- tion in London . He became intimate with Somers and several of the Whig leaders ...
... wrote , excited considerable attention , and was at- tributed to Bishop Burnet . The true authorship was soon known , and it strengthened his social posi- tion in London . He became intimate with Somers and several of the Whig leaders ...
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