Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 142 頁 |
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... written- by himself , the son of Jonathan Swift , an attorney , and was born at Dublin on St. Andrew's day , 1667 : according to his own report , as delivered by Pope to Spence , he was born at Leicester , the fson of a elergyman , who ...
... written- by himself , the son of Jonathan Swift , an attorney , and was born at Dublin on St. Andrew's day , 1667 : according to his own report , as delivered by Pope to Spence , he was born at Leicester , the fson of a elergyman , who ...
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... made of the new pam-- phlet that Burnet had written , replete with political knowledge . When he feemed to doubt Burnet's right to the work , he was told by the Bishop , that he he was a young man ; and , ftill perfifting 16 - ...
... made of the new pam-- phlet that Burnet had written , replete with political knowledge . When he feemed to doubt Burnet's right to the work , he was told by the Bishop , that he he was a young man ; and , ftill perfifting 16 - ...
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... written by a man of a pecu- liar character , without ill intention , but it is certainly of dangerous example . That Swift was its author , though it be univerfally believed , was never owned by himself , nor very well proved by any evi ...
... written by a man of a pecu- liar character , without ill intention , but it is certainly of dangerous example . That Swift was its author , though it be univerfally believed , was never owned by himself , nor very well proved by any evi ...
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... written with great coolness , mo- deration , cafe , and perfpicuity . The Argument against abolishing Chriflianity is a very happy and judicious irony . One paffage in it deferves to be selected . " If Christianity were once abolished ...
... written with great coolness , mo- deration , cafe , and perfpicuity . The Argument against abolishing Chriflianity is a very happy and judicious irony . One paffage in it deferves to be selected . " If Christianity were once abolished ...
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... written with- out much knowledge of the general na- ture of language , and without any ac- curate enquiry into the hiftory of other- tongues . The certainty and stability which , contrary to all experience , he thinks attainable , he ...
... written with- out much knowledge of the general na- ture of language , and without any ac- curate enquiry into the hiftory of other- tongues . The certainty and stability which , contrary to all experience , he thinks attainable , he ...
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