Essays on the Eighteenth Century: Presented to David Nichol Smith in Honour of His Seventieth Birthday |
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... Deane Swift's2 Essay upon the Life , Writings , and Character , of Dr. Jonathan Swift ( 1755 ) . Letters 2 to 40 came into his hands from Mrs. Whiteway , a cousin of the Dean's , ' who found them accidentally . among a parcel of papers ...
... Deane Swift's2 Essay upon the Life , Writings , and Character , of Dr. Jonathan Swift ( 1755 ) . Letters 2 to 40 came into his hands from Mrs. Whiteway , a cousin of the Dean's , ' who found them accidentally . among a parcel of papers ...
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... Deane Swift's debit account . The diminu- tive ' Stellakins ' ( 14 Oct. 1710 ) was certainly not Swift's , for it stands or falls with Stella . ' Sluttikins ' is a doubtful formation ; and ' saucebox ' , which constantly appears in Deane ...
... Deane Swift's debit account . The diminu- tive ' Stellakins ' ( 14 Oct. 1710 ) was certainly not Swift's , for it stands or falls with Stella . ' Sluttikins ' is a doubtful formation ; and ' saucebox ' , which constantly appears in Deane ...
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... Deane Swift , wearisomely precise and conventional , basking in admiration for his great kinsman , did not omit , whereas Hawkesworth rigorously deleted . It should also be added that Deane Swift did get his proper names correctly ; and ...
... Deane Swift , wearisomely precise and conventional , basking in admiration for his great kinsman , did not omit , whereas Hawkesworth rigorously deleted . It should also be added that Deane Swift did get his proper names correctly ; and ...
Contents
DAVID NICHOL SMITH From a drawing by SIR MUIRHEAD BONE Frontispiece | 15 |
DEANE SWIFT HAWKESWORTH AND THE JOURNAL TO STELLA HAROLD WILLIAMS | 33 |
POPE AT WORK GEORGE SHERBURN Harvard University | 65 |
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