The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 3Methuen, 1896 |
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... King William , who sometimes visited Temple when he was disabled by the gout , and , being attended by Swift in the garden , showed him how to cut asparagus in the Dutch way . King William's notions were all military ; and he expressed ...
... King William , who sometimes visited Temple when he was disabled by the gout , and , being attended by Swift in the garden , showed him how to cut asparagus in the Dutch way . King William's notions were all military ; and he expressed ...
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... King William was strongly prejudiced , after having in vain tried to show the Earl that the proposal involved nothing dangerous to royal power , he sent Swift for the same purpose to the King . Swift , who probably was proud of his ...
... King William was strongly prejudiced , after having in vain tried to show the Earl that the proposal involved nothing dangerous to royal power , he sent Swift for the same purpose to the King . Swift , who probably was proud of his ...
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... King , and to the Athenian Society , a knot of obscure men , who published a periodical pamphlet of answers to ... King William a promise of the first prebend that should be vacant at West- minster or Canterbury . That this promise might ...
... King , and to the Athenian Society , a knot of obscure men , who published a periodical pamphlet of answers to ... King William a promise of the first prebend that should be vacant at West- minster or Canterbury . That this promise might ...
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... King William the remembrance of his promise . Swift a while attended the Court , but soon found his solicitations hopeless . He was then invited by the Earl of Berkeley to accompany him into Ireland , as his private secretary ; but ...
... King William the remembrance of his promise . Swift a while attended the Court , but soon found his solicitations hopeless . He was then invited by the Earl of Berkeley to accompany him into Ireland , as his private secretary ; but ...
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... King . A book under that title was published , with Swift's name , by Dr. Lucas ; of which I can only say , that it seemed by no means to correspond with the notions that I had formed of it from a conversation which I once heard between ...
... King . A book under that title was published , with Swift's name , by Dr. Lucas ; of which I can only say , that it seemed by no means to correspond with the notions that I had formed of it from a conversation which I once heard between ...
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