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1 might be useful at that juncture , and fent it up to Lon- don ; but , fome difference of opinion happening between him and Lord Bolingbroke concerning it , the publica- tion was delayed till the Queen's death ; and then he recalled ...
1 might be useful at that juncture , and fent it up to Lon- don ; but , fome difference of opinion happening between him and Lord Bolingbroke concerning it , the publica- tion was delayed till the Queen's death ; and then he recalled ...
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... till it could be contained no longer , he conceived the first no- tion of expreffing it in fuch a manner as might correct the enormities which he expofed ; and with this view geimmediately fz immediately began his Travels , of which ...
... till it could be contained no longer , he conceived the first no- tion of expreffing it in fuch a manner as might correct the enormities which he expofed ; and with this view geimmediately fz immediately began his Travels , of which ...
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NEITHER was her wit merely of the colloquial kind . She had great force of poetical fancy could range her thoughts in a regular compofition , and exprefs them in correct and harmonious verfe . Of her wit in converfa- tion fome inftances ...
NEITHER was her wit merely of the colloquial kind . She had great force of poetical fancy could range her thoughts in a regular compofition , and exprefs them in correct and harmonious verfe . Of her wit in converfa- tion fome inftances ...
Page lxxxii
He was fometimes vifited by Mr Deane Swift , a rela- tion ; and about Christmas 1743 he seemed defirous to fpeak to him . Mr Swift then told him he came to dine with him ; and Mrs Ridgeway , the housekeeper , imme- diately faid ...
He was fometimes vifited by Mr Deane Swift , a rela- tion ; and about Christmas 1743 he seemed defirous to fpeak to him . Mr Swift then told him he came to dine with him ; and Mrs Ridgeway , the housekeeper , imme- diately faid ...
Page lxxxv
... degree of awe and yet he was more open to admoni- tion than flattery , if it was offered without arrogance , and by perfons of whofe ability and honefty he had no doubt . R. p . 19. ] . In his poem of Baucis and Phi- lemon [ vol .
... degree of awe and yet he was more open to admoni- tion than flattery , if it was offered without arrogance , and by perfons of whofe ability and honefty he had no doubt . R. p . 19. ] . In his poem of Baucis and Phi- lemon [ vol .
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