Early Eighteenth Century PoetryJames Runcieman Sutherland Digte af: William Congreve, Matthew Prior, Isaac Watts, Joseph Addison, Nicholas Amhurst, Anne, Countess of Winchilsea, Nicholas Rowe, Elijah Fenton, Jonathan Swift, Thomas Parnell, Ambrose Philips, Alexander Pope, John Gay, Anon, James Thomson, Henry Carey, Isaac Hawkins Browne, Philip Dormer Stanhope |
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... Swift's version , in his favourite tetrameter couplets , is not a translation but an imitation in a different key . The kindness of the old couple remains un- affected by Swift's alterations ; but the scene has been localised in a ...
... Swift's version , in his favourite tetrameter couplets , is not a translation but an imitation in a different key . The kindness of the old couple remains un- affected by Swift's alterations ; but the scene has been localised in a ...
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... Swift himself suggests , it is not far from the truth . The situation of a man writing his own obituary had all those ironical possibilities that Swift could be counted upon to exploit . More profoundly , his realisation that " we shall ...
... Swift himself suggests , it is not far from the truth . The situation of a man writing his own obituary had all those ironical possibilities that Swift could be counted upon to exploit . More profoundly , his realisation that " we shall ...
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... Swift's Remains . And then to make them pass the glibber , 200 Revis'd by Tibbalds , Moore , and Cibber . He'll treat me as he does my Betters . Publish my Will , my Life , my Letters . Revive the Libels born to dye ; Which Pope must ...
... Swift's Remains . And then to make them pass the glibber , 200 Revis'd by Tibbalds , Moore , and Cibber . He'll treat me as he does my Betters . Publish my Will , my Life , my Letters . Revive the Libels born to dye ; Which Pope must ...
Contents
WILLIAM CONGREVE | 19 |
ISAAC WATTS | 25 |
ANNE COUNTESS OF WINCHILSEA | 32 |
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