Swift: Selections from His Works, Volume 1Clarendon Press, 1892 - 488 pages |
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... gave a judgment which Swift's life proved only too true . Leicester had no attraction for him , beyond the company of his mother ; and even had it not been so , a livelihood must be sought elsewhere . Sir William Temple's wife was a ...
... gave a judgment which Swift's life proved only too true . Leicester had no attraction for him , beyond the company of his mother ; and even had it not been so , a livelihood must be sought elsewhere . Sir William Temple's wife was a ...
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... gave to the public a volume containing not only the Battle of the Books , which had already been handed about amongst Temple's friends , but another work destined to make a greater mark in literature and to have a greater influence upon ...
... gave to the public a volume containing not only the Battle of the Books , which had already been handed about amongst Temple's friends , but another work destined to make a greater mark in literature and to have a greater influence upon ...
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... gave them a strong majority . But the struggle between the two parties turned now chiefly on those privileges of the Church of which Swift was a consistent de- fender . Previous ties , and the uncertainty of the future , might prevent ...
... gave them a strong majority . But the struggle between the two parties turned now chiefly on those privileges of the Church of which Swift was a consistent de- fender . Previous ties , and the uncertainty of the future , might prevent ...
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... gave an advantage to their opponents by a signal act of folly . Dr. Sacheverell , of St. Saviour's , Southwark , who had already obtained a certain notoriety as a preacher of somewhat tawdry eloquence , delivered a sermon on the 15th of ...
... gave an advantage to their opponents by a signal act of folly . Dr. Sacheverell , of St. Saviour's , Southwark , who had already obtained a certain notoriety as a preacher of somewhat tawdry eloquence , delivered a sermon on the 15th of ...
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... gave him ground for umbrage , and personal ingratitude , or what he deemed to be such , had em- bittered this feeling . Accidental circumstances brought to Swift , at this moment , a tempting opportunity for change : and he responded to ...
... gave him ground for umbrage , and personal ingratitude , or what he deemed to be such , had em- bittered this feeling . Accidental circumstances brought to Swift , at this moment , a tempting opportunity for change : and he responded to ...
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