The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 3Methuen, 1896 |
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... Truth only a little while . The honours due to learning have been justly distributed by the decision of posterity . The Battle of the Books is so like the Combat des Livres , which the same question concerning the Ancients and Moderns ...
... Truth only a little while . The honours due to learning have been justly distributed by the decision of posterity . The Battle of the Books is so like the Combat des Livres , which the same question concerning the Ancients and Moderns ...
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... truth and regularity . But when distinctions came to be made , the -part which gave least pleasure was that which describes the Flying Island , and that which gave the most disgust must be the history of the Houyhnhnms . While Swift was ...
... truth and regularity . But when distinctions came to be made , the -part which gave least pleasure was that which describes the Flying Island , and that which gave the most disgust must be the history of the Houyhnhnms . While Swift was ...
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... truth , had such force as authority was unable to resist . He said truly of himself , that Ireland was his debtor . It was from the time when he first began to patronise the Irish , that they may date their riches and prosperity . He ...
... truth , had such force as authority was unable to resist . He said truly of himself , that Ireland was his debtor . It was from the time when he first began to patronise the Irish , that they may date their riches and prosperity . He ...
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... truths are suffered to lie neglected , it makes no provision ; it instructs , but does not persuade . By his political education he was associated with the Whigs ; but he deserted them when they deserted their principles , yet without ...
... truths are suffered to lie neglected , it makes no provision ; it instructs , but does not persuade . By his political education he was associated with the Whigs ; but he deserted them when they deserted their principles , yet without ...
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... truth ; and Swift , with all his penetration , allowed himself to be delighted with low flattery . On all common occasions , he habitually affects a style of arrogance , and dictates rather than persuades . This authori- tative and ...
... truth ; and Swift , with all his penetration , allowed himself to be delighted with low flattery . On all common occasions , he habitually affects a style of arrogance , and dictates rather than persuades . This authori- tative and ...
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