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... delighted to involve it . * Mr. Sheridan , in his life of Swift , observes , that this ac- count was really written by the dean , and now exists in his own hand - writing in the library of Dublin college . R. † Spence's anecdotes , vol ...
... delighted to involve it . * Mr. Sheridan , in his life of Swift , observes , that this ac- count was really written by the dean , and now exists in his own hand - writing in the library of Dublin college . R. † Spence's anecdotes , vol ...
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... delight was in simplicity . That he has in his works no metaphor as has been said , is not true ; but his few metaphors seem to be received rather by necessity than choice . He studied purity ; and though perhaps all his strictures are ...
... delight was in simplicity . That he has in his works no metaphor as has been said , is not true ; but his few metaphors seem to be received rather by necessity than choice . He studied purity ; and though perhaps all his strictures are ...
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... delighted in seeming worse than he was . He went in London to early prayers , lest he should be seen at church ; he read prayers to his ser- vants every morning with such dexterous secrecy , that Dr. Delany was six months in his house ...
... delighted in seeming worse than he was . He went in London to early prayers , lest he should be seen at church ; he read prayers to his ser- vants every morning with such dexterous secrecy , that Dr. Delany was six months in his house ...
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... delight- ed with low flattery . On all common occasions , he habitually affects a style of arrogance , and dictates ... delighted in doing what he knew himself to do well ; he was there- fore captivated by the respectful silence of a ...
... delight- ed with low flattery . On all common occasions , he habitually affects a style of arrogance , and dictates ... delighted in doing what he knew himself to do well ; he was there- fore captivated by the respectful silence of a ...
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... delight in revolving ideas from which almost every other mind shrinks with disgust . The ideas of pleasure , even when criminal , may solicit the imagina- tion ; but what has disease , deformity , and filth , upon which the thoughts can ...
... delight in revolving ideas from which almost every other mind shrinks with disgust . The ideas of pleasure , even when criminal , may solicit the imagina- tion ; but what has disease , deformity , and filth , upon which the thoughts can ...
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