Sketches of the History of Literature and Learning in England ...: With Specimens of the Principal Writers, Volume 3C. Knight & Company, 1845 |
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... Whigs , in 1714 ; his Drapier's Letters , in 1724 ; his im- mortal Gulliver's Travels , in 1727 ; and his Polite Con- versation , which had been written many years before , in 1738. His poem of Cadenus and Vanessa , besides , had ...
... Whigs , in 1714 ; his Drapier's Letters , in 1724 ; his im- mortal Gulliver's Travels , in 1727 ; and his Polite Con- versation , which had been written many years before , in 1738. His poem of Cadenus and Vanessa , besides , had ...
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... Whigs in England ; but the love and torrent of power prevailed . Indeed , the arguments on both sides were invincible . For , in reason , all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery ; but , in ...
... Whigs in England ; but the love and torrent of power prevailed . Indeed , the arguments on both sides were invincible . For , in reason , all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery ; but , in ...
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... Whig party , as Swift and Pope were of the Tories . Addison's poem , ' The Campaign , ' on the victory of Blenheim , his imposing but frigid tragedy of Cato , and some other dramatic productions , besides various other writings in prose ...
... Whig party , as Swift and Pope were of the Tories . Addison's poem , ' The Campaign , ' on the victory of Blenheim , his imposing but frigid tragedy of Cato , and some other dramatic productions , besides various other writings in prose ...
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... Whigs at the accession of the House of Hanover , which deprived Arbuthnot of his appointment of one of the physicians extraordinary - leaving him , however , in the poet's words , social , cheerful , and serene , And just as rich as ...
... Whigs at the accession of the House of Hanover , which deprived Arbuthnot of his appointment of one of the physicians extraordinary - leaving him , however , in the poet's words , social , cheerful , and serene , And just as rich as ...
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... Whig nearly to the end of the reign of William ; but he then joined the most ex- treme section of the Tories , and acted ... Whigs at the same time with Swift , on the ejection of Lord Godolphin's ministry , in 1710. He died in 1718. Par ...
... Whig nearly to the end of the reign of William ; but he then joined the most ex- treme section of the Tories , and acted ... Whigs at the same time with Swift , on the ejection of Lord Godolphin's ministry , in 1710. He died in 1718. Par ...
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