The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of LecturesHarper, 1860 - 297 Seiten |
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... Johnson , ' Temple's natural daughter , with whom he had contracted a tender friend . ship , while they were both dependants of Temple's . And with an occasional visit to England , Swift now passed nine years at home . In 1709 he came ...
... Johnson , ' Temple's natural daughter , with whom he had contracted a tender friend . ship , while they were both dependants of Temple's . And with an occasional visit to England , Swift now passed nine years at home . In 1709 he came ...
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... Johnson's , there is a copious " Life " by Thomas Sheridan ( Dr. Johnson's " Sherry " ) , father of Richard Brinsley , and son of that good - natured , clever , Irish , Dr. Thomas Sheridan , Swift's intimate , who lost his chaplaincy by ...
... Johnson's , there is a copious " Life " by Thomas Sheridan ( Dr. Johnson's " Sherry " ) , father of Richard Brinsley , and son of that good - natured , clever , Irish , Dr. Thomas Sheridan , Swift's intimate , who lost his chaplaincy by ...
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... Johnson " the most malignant of his biog- raphers : " it is not easy for an English critic to please Irish- men — perhaps to try and please them . And yet Johnson truly admires Swift : Johnson does not quarrel with Swift's change of ...
... Johnson " the most malignant of his biog- raphers : " it is not easy for an English critic to please Irish- men — perhaps to try and please them . And yet Johnson truly admires Swift : Johnson does not quarrel with Swift's change of ...
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... Johnson , and Gold- smith , and James Boswell , Esq . , of Auchinleck ? charm of Addison's companionship and conversation has passed to us by fond tradition - but Swift ? If you had been his inferior in parts ( and that , with a great ...
... Johnson , and Gold- smith , and James Boswell , Esq . , of Auchinleck ? charm of Addison's companionship and conversation has passed to us by fond tradition - but Swift ? If you had been his inferior in parts ( and that , with a great ...
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... Johnson ? Perhaps for the Irish secretary , his Excellency's con- descension was even more cruel than his frowns . Sir William would perpetually quote Latin and the ancient classics à propos of his gardens and his Dutch statues and ...
... Johnson ? Perhaps for the Irish secretary , his Excellency's con- descension was even more cruel than his frowns . Sir William would perpetually quote Latin and the ancient classics à propos of his gardens and his Dutch statues and ...
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