Essays on the Eighteenth Century, Presented to David Nichol Smith in Honour of His Seventieth BirthdayClarendon Press, 1945 - 288 pages |
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... language . He was writing an introduction to his own efforts to decipher the little language and the blotted passages . ' Hawkesworth ' , he tells us , ' really did attempt to deal with it , while Mr. Deane Swift shirked it altogether ...
... language . He was writing an introduction to his own efforts to decipher the little language and the blotted passages . ' Hawkesworth ' , he tells us , ' really did attempt to deal with it , while Mr. Deane Swift shirked it altogether ...
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... language is ; ' And you must cry There , and Here , and Here again . Must you imitate Presto , pray ? Yes , and so you shall . And so there's for your letter . Good morrow . ' Other examples may be given of Deane Swift's anxiety to ...
... language is ; ' And you must cry There , and Here , and Here again . Must you imitate Presto , pray ? Yes , and so you shall . And so there's for your letter . Good morrow . ' Other examples may be given of Deane Swift's anxiety to ...
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language I make up my mouth just as if I was speaking it . I caught myself at it just now . ' Or again ( 4 May 1711 ) : ' Every syllable I write I hold my lips just for all the world as if I were talking in our own little language ...
language I make up my mouth just as if I was speaking it . I caught myself at it just now . ' Or again ( 4 May 1711 ) : ' Every syllable I write I hold my lips just for all the world as if I were talking in our own little language ...
Contents
THE CONCISENESS OF SWIFT HERBERT DAVIS Smith College | 33 |
THE INSPIRATION OF POPES POETRY JOHN BUTT Bedford | 65 |
WHERE ONCE STOOD THEIR PLAIN HOMELY DWELL | 80 |
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