Essays on the Eighteenth Century, Presented to David Nichol Smith in Honour of His Seventieth BirthdayClarendon Press, 1945 - 288 pages |
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... original . Where there are verbal differences the reading of 1768 is , in several instances , clearly right . In ten or twelve examples of disagreement there can be little doubt , or none at all , 40 DEANE SWIFT , HAWKESWORTH , AND.
... original . Where there are verbal differences the reading of 1768 is , in several instances , clearly right . In ten or twelve examples of disagreement there can be little doubt , or none at all , 40 DEANE SWIFT , HAWKESWORTH , AND.
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... original letters , although ' saucy ' in other combinations is frequent . But , these few names or forms of address excepted , there is little , if anything , in the letters as printed by Deane Swift to arouse suspicion that he is ...
... original letters , although ' saucy ' in other combinations is frequent . But , these few names or forms of address excepted , there is little , if anything , in the letters as printed by Deane Swift to arouse suspicion that he is ...
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... original letters contain many intimate and playful pas- sages , often , but by no means always , in the little ... originals before him were written in the little language . When he spoke of the trouble occasioned ' in the revisal of ...
... original letters contain many intimate and playful pas- sages , often , but by no means always , in the little ... originals before him were written in the little language . When he spoke of the trouble occasioned ' in the revisal of ...
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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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