Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Том 2C. Whittingham, Dean Street, 1805 |
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... .. 6. Jonathan Swift .. 7. Thomas Parnell 8. Henry Grove ... ...... 9. John Byrom . 10. Zachary Pearce ESSAY 3. 11. John Gay .......... Page ............ 1 26 ............. 50 81 123 138 182 200 215 ............. ..... 227 ...
... .. 6. Jonathan Swift .. 7. Thomas Parnell 8. Henry Grove ... ...... 9. John Byrom . 10. Zachary Pearce ESSAY 3. 11. John Gay .......... Page ............ 1 26 ............. 50 81 123 138 182 200 215 ............. ..... 227 ...
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... from vice , but valued for his integrity , gene- rosity , and assiduity . The zealous friendship and support of Addison , indeed , conferred a weight and 6 BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SKETCHES . 5 Thomas Tickell 6 Jonathan Swift.
... from vice , but valued for his integrity , gene- rosity , and assiduity . The zealous friendship and support of Addison , indeed , conferred a weight and 6 BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SKETCHES . 5 Thomas Tickell 6 Jonathan Swift.
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... Swift on the poeti- cal talents of Hughes were nearly such as the criticism just given must imply ; yet , it is but due impartiality to record , that Addison entertained so high an idea of our author's genius , as to re- quest that he ...
... Swift on the poeti- cal talents of Hughes were nearly such as the criticism just given must imply ; yet , it is but due impartiality to record , that Addison entertained so high an idea of our author's genius , as to re- quest that he ...
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... Swift ; who , though dif- fering widely in political opinion , were united in loving and admiring the virtues and the ta- lents of their philosophic friend . Sir Richard , who had just commenced the Guardian , was happy to secure an ...
... Swift ; who , though dif- fering widely in political opinion , were united in loving and admiring the virtues and the ta- lents of their philosophic friend . Sir Richard , who had just commenced the Guardian , was happy to secure an ...
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... Swift had , it is said , on our author's first arrival in London , in 1713 , introduced him to Mrs. Esther Vanhomrigh , the neglected but far - famed Va- nessa . It appears , however , from the assertion of Mrs. Berkeley , the worthy ...
... Swift had , it is said , on our author's first arrival in London , in 1713 , introduced him to Mrs. Esther Vanhomrigh , the neglected but far - famed Va- nessa . It appears , however , from the assertion of Mrs. Berkeley , the worthy ...
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