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Page xx
Skilfully disencumbered of this poor traditionary juggling , the fable would form a beautiful whole , and prove one of the most tender and affecting of our domestic tragedies . It has been observed ( p . ix . ) that the poet entertained ...
Skilfully disencumbered of this poor traditionary juggling , the fable would form a beautiful whole , and prove one of the most tender and affecting of our domestic tragedies . It has been observed ( p . ix . ) that the poet entertained ...
Page xli
... to contemplate Ford under this strange infatuation without being reminded of the poor maniacs in the Masque of Corax , to whom many of the characters , that figure in his idle buffooneries , might be introduced without ceremony .
... to contemplate Ford under this strange infatuation without being reminded of the poor maniacs in the Masque of Corax , to whom many of the characters , that figure in his idle buffooneries , might be introduced without ceremony .
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land of the annual value of twenty pounds bequeathed to the parish of Ilsington by a Mrs. Jane Ford , for " instructing the children of the poor , and for the purchase of bibles . " What's property , dear Swift ?
land of the annual value of twenty pounds bequeathed to the parish of Ilsington by a Mrs. Jane Ford , for " instructing the children of the poor , and for the purchase of bibles . " What's property , dear Swift ?
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It is still more mortifying to reflect , that had this youth , who was a poor illiterate creature , possessed but a single grain of prudence , and known when and where to stop , his worthless forgeries might , at this moment ...
It is still more mortifying to reflect , that had this youth , who was a poor illiterate creature , possessed but a single grain of prudence , and known when and where to stop , his worthless forgeries might , at this moment ...
Page xciv
So that Cœnis ( of whose story poor Mr. Wever suspects nothing ) was a strumpet , a kind of people who , with his leave , seldom freeze at the rock or wheel either . Cotquean , in Hall , is an uxorious husband ; in Ford , a man with the ...
So that Cœnis ( of whose story poor Mr. Wever suspects nothing ) was a strumpet , a kind of people who , with his leave , seldom freeze at the rock or wheel either . Cotquean , in Hall , is an uxorious husband ; in Ford , a man with the ...
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