The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of LecturesHarper, 1860 - 297 Seiten |
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... married Elizabeth Dryden , a member of the family of the poet . Sir Walter Scott gives , with his characteristic minute- ness in such points , the exact relationship between these famous men . Swift was " the son of Dryden's second ...
... married Elizabeth Dryden , a member of the family of the poet . Sir Walter Scott gives , with his characteristic minute- ness in such points , the exact relationship between these famous men . Swift was " the son of Dryden's second ...
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... , where her face , and her dress , and Sir William's treatment of her , all made the real fact about her birth plain enough . Sir William left her a thousand pounds . ters " and " Gulliver's Travels . ” He married SWIFT .
... , where her face , and her dress , and Sir William's treatment of her , all made the real fact about her birth plain enough . Sir William left her a thousand pounds . ters " and " Gulliver's Travels . ” He married SWIFT .
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... married Hester John- son , Stella , and buried Esther Vanhomrigh , Vanessa , who had followed him to Ireland from London , where she had contracted a violent passion for him . In 1726 and 1727 Swift was in England , which he quitted for ...
... married Hester John- son , Stella , and buried Esther Vanhomrigh , Vanessa , who had followed him to Ireland from London , where she had contracted a violent passion for him . In 1726 and 1727 Swift was in England , which he quitted for ...
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... married . The Earl , it is supposed , being willing to have a little diversion , did not introduce him to his lady , nor mention his name . After dinner , said the Dean , ' Lady Burlington , I hear you can sing ; sing me a song . ' The ...
... married . The Earl , it is supposed , being willing to have a little diversion , did not introduce him to his lady , nor mention his name . After dinner , said the Dean , ' Lady Burlington , I hear you can sing ; sing me a song . ' The ...
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... Marriage is one of these ; in a hundred passages in his writ- ings he rages against it ; rages against children - an object of constant satire , even more contemptible in his eyes than a lord's chaplain , is a poor curate with a large ...
... Marriage is one of these ; in a hundred passages in his writ- ings he rages against it ; rages against children - an object of constant satire , even more contemptible in his eyes than a lord's chaplain , is a poor curate with a large ...
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