Essays Biographical and Critical: Chiefly on English PoetsMacmillan, 1856 - 475 pages |
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... Stella , " and liked always to have her near him ; yet that a marriage between them seemed not to be thought of by either ; and that , in order to have her near him without giving rise to scandal , he had taken the precaution to bring ...
... Stella , " and liked always to have her near him ; yet that a marriage between them seemed not to be thought of by either ; and that , in order to have her near him without giving rise to scandal , he had taken the precaution to bring ...
Page 147
... Stella , the wittiest and best of her sex , whom he loved better than any other creature on earth - all these were insufficient to occupy the craving void in his mind . He hated Ireland , and regarded his lot there as one of banishment ...
... Stella , the wittiest and best of her sex , whom he loved better than any other creature on earth - all these were insufficient to occupy the craving void in his mind . He hated Ireland , and regarded his lot there as one of banishment ...
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... Stella , in which he punctually kept her informed of all his doings during his long three years ' absence . The following is a description of him at the height of his Court influence during this season of triumph , from the Whiggish ...
... Stella , in which he punctually kept her informed of all his doings during his long three years ' absence . The following is a description of him at the height of his Court influence during this season of triumph , from the Whiggish ...
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... Stella , in what manner the black - browed Irish vicar , who was thus figuring in the mornings at Court as the friend and confidant of Ministers , and almost as their domineering colleague , was writing home from his lodging in the ...
... Stella , in what manner the black - browed Irish vicar , who was thus figuring in the mornings at Court as the friend and confidant of Ministers , and almost as their domineering colleague , was writing home from his lodging in the ...
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... Stella , on her side , knew that Swift visited a family called the " Vans ; " she divined that something was wrong ; but that was all . That Swift , the Mentor of ministers , their daily compa- nion , their factotum , at whose bidding ...
... Stella , on her side , knew that Swift visited a family called the " Vans ; " she divined that something was wrong ; but that was all . That Swift , the Mentor of ministers , their daily compa- nion , their factotum , at whose bidding ...
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