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... original of diseases is commonly obscure . Almost every boy eats as much fruit as he can get , without any great incon . venience . The disease of Swift was giddiness with deaf- ness , which attacked him from time to time , began very ...
... original of diseases is commonly obscure . Almost every boy eats as much fruit as he can get , without any great incon . venience . The disease of Swift was giddiness with deaf- ness , which attacked him from time to time , began very ...
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... original plan of action are sup- posed to have been formed ; and was one of the sixteen ministers , or agents of the ministry , who met weekly at each other's houses , and were united by the name of " Brother . " Being not immediately ...
... original plan of action are sup- posed to have been formed ; and was one of the sixteen ministers , or agents of the ministry , who met weekly at each other's houses , and were united by the name of " Brother . " Being not immediately ...
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... be found that has borrowed so little , or that in all his excellences and all his defects has so well maintained his claim to be consi- dered as original . BROOME . WILLIAM BROOME was born in Cheshire , as 46 SWIFT .
... be found that has borrowed so little , or that in all his excellences and all his defects has so well maintained his claim to be consi- dered as original . BROOME . WILLIAM BROOME was born in Cheshire , as 46 SWIFT .
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... original works , recollection seems to have been his business more than invention . His imita- tions are so apparent , that it is a part of his reader's employment to recall the verses of some former poet . Sometimes he copies the most ...
... original works , recollection seems to have been his business more than invention . His imita- tions are so apparent , that it is a part of his reader's employment to recall the verses of some former poet . Sometimes he copies the most ...
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... original composition . From the care of Taverner , under whom his profi- ciency was considerable , he was removed to a school at Twyford , near Winchester , and again to another school about Hyde - park corner ; from which he used ...
... original composition . From the care of Taverner , under whom his profi- ciency was considerable , he was removed to a school at Twyford , near Winchester , and again to another school about Hyde - park corner ; from which he used ...
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