Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 142 pages |
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... increased the parochial duty by reading prayers on Wednesdays and Fridays , and performed all the of- fices of his profeffion with great decency and exactness . Soon after his fettlement at Laracor , he invited to Ireland the ...
... increased the parochial duty by reading prayers on Wednesdays and Fridays , and performed all the of- fices of his profeffion with great decency and exactness . Soon after his fettlement at Laracor , he invited to Ireland the ...
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... increased , and which Bolingbroke ap- peared to retain in his laft years . Swift contrived an interview , from which they both departed difcontented : he procured a fecond , which only con- ' vinced him that the feud was irrecon ...
... increased , and which Bolingbroke ap- peared to retain in his laft years . Swift contrived an interview , from which they both departed difcontented : he procured a fecond , which only con- ' vinced him that the feud was irrecon ...
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... praises ? As his years increased , his fits of gid- diness and deafnefs grew more frequent , and his deafnefs made converfation diffi- cult ; they grew likewife more fevere , till till in 1736 , as he was writing a poem SWIFT . 77.
... praises ? As his years increased , his fits of gid- diness and deafnefs grew more frequent , and his deafnefs made converfation diffi- cult ; they grew likewife more fevere , till till in 1736 , as he was writing a poem SWIFT . 77.
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... increased , and at last confined him to his chamber and his bed ; where he was worn gra- dually away without pain , till he expired Nov. 25 , 1748 , in the seventy - fifth year of his age . Few Few men have left behind fuch puri- ty of ...
... increased , and at last confined him to his chamber and his bed ; where he was worn gra- dually away without pain , till he expired Nov. 25 , 1748 , in the seventy - fifth year of his age . Few Few men have left behind fuch puri- ty of ...
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... increased , and at last confined him to his chamber and his bed ; where he was worn gradually away without pain , till he expired Nov. 25 , 1748 , in the seventy - fifth year of his age . Few Few men have left behind fuch purity of ...
... increased , and at last confined him to his chamber and his bed ; where he was worn gradually away without pain , till he expired Nov. 25 , 1748 , in the seventy - fifth year of his age . Few Few men have left behind fuch purity of ...
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