Works, Volume 11W. Durell, 1811 |
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... sometimes visited Temple when he was disabled by the gout , and being attended by Swift in the garden , shewed him how to cut asparagus in the Dutch way . King William's notions were all military ; and he expressed his kindness to Swift ...
... sometimes visited Temple when he was disabled by the gout , and being attended by Swift in the garden , shewed him how to cut asparagus in the Dutch way . King William's notions were all military ; and he expressed his kindness to Swift ...
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... sometimes with contempt , and sometimes with abhorrence . In this pamphlet the Scotch were mentioned in terms so provoking to that irritable nation , that , resolving " not to be offended with impunity , " the Scotch lords , in a body ...
... sometimes with contempt , and sometimes with abhorrence . In this pamphlet the Scotch were mentioned in terms so provoking to that irritable nation , that , resolving " not to be offended with impunity , " the Scotch lords , in a body ...
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... sometimes wished to visit England , but always found some reason of delay . He tells Pope , in the decline of life , that he hopes once more to see him ; " but if not , " says he , " we must part , as all human beings have parted ...
... sometimes wished to visit England , but always found some reason of delay . He tells Pope , in the decline of life , that he hopes once more to see him ; " but if not , " says he , " we must part , as all human beings have parted ...
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... Sometimes he copies the most popular writers , for he seems scarcely to endeavour at concealment and sometimes he picks up fragments in obscure corners . His lines to Fenton , Serene , the sting of pain thy thoughts beguile , And make ...
... Sometimes he copies the most popular writers , for he seems scarcely to endeavour at concealment and sometimes he picks up fragments in obscure corners . His lines to Fenton , Serene , the sting of pain thy thoughts beguile , And make ...
Page 53
... sometimes to stroll to the playhouse , and was so de- lighted with theatrical exhibitions , that he formed a kind of play from " Ogilby's Iliad , " with some verses of his own intermixed , which he persuaded his school- fellows to act ...
... sometimes to stroll to the playhouse , and was so de- lighted with theatrical exhibitions , that he formed a kind of play from " Ogilby's Iliad , " with some verses of his own intermixed , which he persuaded his school- fellows to act ...
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