Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 142 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 85
... are not exact , yet it is not often that folecifms can be found ; and whoever depends on his authority may generally conclude himself fafe . His fen- F 3 tences tences are never too much dilated or contracted ; and SWIFT . 85.
... are not exact , yet it is not often that folecifms can be found ; and whoever depends on his authority may generally conclude himself fafe . His fen- F 3 tences tences are never too much dilated or contracted ; and SWIFT . 85.
Σελίδα 87
... fafe conveyance of meaning it was Swift's defire to attain , and for having attained he certainly de- ferves praife , though perhaps not the highest praise . For purposes merely di- dactick , when fomething is to be told that was not ...
... fafe conveyance of meaning it was Swift's defire to attain , and for having attained he certainly de- ferves praife , though perhaps not the highest praise . For purposes merely di- dactick , when fomething is to be told that was not ...
Σελίδα 7
... his criticism it is feldom fafe to con- tradict . He bestows just praise upon the Rife of Woman , the Fairy Tale , and the Pervigilium Veneris ; but has very pro- perly perly remarked , that in the Battle of Mice and PARNEL L. 7.
... his criticism it is feldom fafe to con- tradict . He bestows just praise upon the Rife of Woman , the Fairy Tale , and the Pervigilium Veneris ; but has very pro- perly perly remarked , that in the Battle of Mice and PARNEL L. 7.
Σελίδα 21
... fafe to claim for him the highest rank in any fingle denomination of litera- ry dignity ; yet perhaps there was no- thing in which he would not have ex- celled , celled , if he had not divided his powers to WATTS . 21.
... fafe to claim for him the highest rank in any fingle denomination of litera- ry dignity ; yet perhaps there was no- thing in which he would not have ex- celled , celled , if he had not divided his powers to WATTS . 21.
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affiftance afterwards becauſe Beggar's Opera Broome cenfured church confidered converfation criticiſm deanery death defire Delany diction dili Dublin Dunciad eafily Engliſh eſtabliſhed fafe faid fame fatire fays fchools fecond feems feized feldom fent fervant ferved feven fhew fhould fince firft firſt folicitations fome fometimes foon friends friendſhip ftate ftory ftudy fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficiently funk fupped fuppofed fure himſelf honour houfe houſe Iliad increaſed inftruction intereft Ireland JONATHAN SWIFT kindneſs laft laſt leaſt lefs Letters Lord Orrery mafter meaſure moſt muſt neceffary never obferves occafion Orrery paffed paffion Paftoral perfuaded Philips Pitt pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet Pope pounds praiſe prefent princeſs profe publick publiſhed purpoſe Queen raiſe reader reafon refolution Reſtoration rienced ſeems ſome Spence Spenfer Swift Tatler tences Theocritus thofe THOMAS PARNELL thoſe thought tion told tranflation univerfally uſe verfes verſes vifit Whigs whofe write written wrote