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... told that Dryden , having perused these ver- ses , said , " Cousin Swift , you will never be a poet ; " and that this denunciation was the motive of Swift's perpetual malevolence to Dryden . In 1699 Temple died , and left a legacy with ...
... told that Dryden , having perused these ver- ses , said , " Cousin Swift , you will never be a poet ; " and that this denunciation was the motive of Swift's perpetual malevolence to Dryden . In 1699 Temple died , and left a legacy with ...
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... told by the bishop , that he was a young man ; " and , still persisting to doubt , that he was " a very posi tive young man . ” Three years afterwards ( 1704 ) was published " The Tale of a Tub : " of this book charity may be persuad ...
... told by the bishop , that he was a young man ; " and , still persisting to doubt , that he was " a very posi tive young man . ” Three years afterwards ( 1704 ) was published " The Tale of a Tub : " of this book charity may be persuad ...
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... told ; what he had suffered was , I suppose , the exclusion from a bishoprick by the re- monstrances of Sharpe , whom he describes as " the harmless tool of others ' hate , " and whom he represents as afterwards " suing for pardon ...
... told ; what he had suffered was , I suppose , the exclusion from a bishoprick by the re- monstrances of Sharpe , whom he describes as " the harmless tool of others ' hate , " and whom he represents as afterwards " suing for pardon ...
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... told them his opinion , that all was lost . This denun- ciation was contradicted by Oxford ; but Bolingbroke whispered that he was right . Before this violent dissention had shattered the min- istry , 20 SWIFT . Page.
... told them his opinion , that all was lost . This denun- ciation was contradicted by Oxford ; but Bolingbroke whispered that he was right . Before this violent dissention had shattered the min- istry , 20 SWIFT . Page.
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... impart a minute account of his bu- siness or his leisure . Soon after , 1716 , in his forty - ninth year , he was privately married to Mrs. Johnson , by Dr. Ashe , bish- op of Clogher , as Dr. Madden told me , SWIFT . 23.
... impart a minute account of his bu- siness or his leisure . Soon after , 1716 , in his forty - ninth year , he was privately married to Mrs. Johnson , by Dr. Ashe , bish- op of Clogher , as Dr. Madden told me , SWIFT . 23.
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