Essays on the Eighteenth Century: Presented to David Nichol Smith in Honour of His Seventieth Birthday |
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... appears requisite to those , who , by their Birth or Fortune , are called to the making of Laws , and in a subordinate ... appear to be the better . He writes either to prove or to disprove ; to urge some action , or oppose it . We may ...
... appears requisite to those , who , by their Birth or Fortune , are called to the making of Laws , and in a subordinate ... appear to be the better . He writes either to prove or to disprove ; to urge some action , or oppose it . We may ...
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... appears in Deane Swift's part of the Journal , is not to be found in the original letters , although ' saucy ' in ... appearing in the entry for 9 Febru- ary 1710-11 , where we read , ' and so good morrow , little sirrahs ; that's for ...
... appears in Deane Swift's part of the Journal , is not to be found in the original letters , although ' saucy ' in ... appearing in the entry for 9 Febru- ary 1710-11 , where we read , ' and so good morrow , little sirrahs ; that's for ...
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... appear to enjoy anything , Captain Aresby with his conversation all scattered over with French phrases , the miserly Mr. Briggs . Fanny Burney does not present them with subtlety . The Branghtons are always vulgar , Meadows is always ...
... appear to enjoy anything , Captain Aresby with his conversation all scattered over with French phrases , the miserly Mr. Briggs . Fanny Burney does not present them with subtlety . The Branghtons are always vulgar , Meadows is always ...
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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