Essays on the Eighteenth Century, Presented to David Nichol Smith in Honour of His Seventieth BirthdayClarendon Press, 1945 - 288 pages |
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... Young Poet , which had been published in Dublin in 1721 and reprinted in London over Swift's name , was omitted both ... Young Clergyman and A Letter to a Very Young Lady we notice that it lacks this very quality of directness and ...
... Young Poet , which had been published in Dublin in 1721 and reprinted in London over Swift's name , was omitted both ... Young Clergyman and A Letter to a Very Young Lady we notice that it lacks this very quality of directness and ...
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... young man's poem , as the poetry of young men is commonly conceived , neither is the ' Sonnet ' . But , then , just as Gray ' was never a boy ' , so , perhaps , he was never a young man . I cannot think that any four lines of the ...
... young man's poem , as the poetry of young men is commonly conceived , neither is the ' Sonnet ' . But , then , just as Gray ' was never a boy ' , so , perhaps , he was never a young man . I cannot think that any four lines of the ...
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... young persons have been gradually led to the heights of science : they have been allured , on first setting out , by the beauty of the scene presented to them , into a delightful land , flowing with milk and honey ; where , after having ...
... young persons have been gradually led to the heights of science : they have been allured , on first setting out , by the beauty of the scene presented to them , into a delightful land , flowing with milk and honey ; where , after having ...
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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