The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, DublinC. Bathurst, J. Rivington, W. Strahan, B. Collins, J. Hinton, J. Dodsley, L. Davis and C. Reymers, R. Baldwin, and W. Bowyer, 1766 |
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... shall be faid for his love of trifles , and his want of delicacy and decorum ? errors , that if he did not contract , at least he increafed in Ireland . They are without a parallel . I hope they will ever remain fo . * See the papers ...
... shall be faid for his love of trifles , and his want of delicacy and decorum ? errors , that if he did not contract , at least he increafed in Ireland . They are without a parallel . I hope they will ever remain fo . * See the papers ...
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... shall make them out tertio modo , or totidem literis This difcovery was alfo highly commended upon which they fell once more * By this is understood the first introducing of pageantry , and unneceffary ornaments in the church , fuch as ...
... shall make them out tertio modo , or totidem literis This difcovery was alfo highly commended upon which they fell once more * By this is understood the first introducing of pageantry , and unneceffary ornaments in the church , fuch as ...
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... shall not have a remnant left , nough to make my wife a pin - cushion , by to - morrow morning at ten a - clock . Upon this they fell again to rummage the will , because the prefent cafe alfo required a pofi- tive precept , the lining ...
... shall not have a remnant left , nough to make my wife a pin - cushion , by to - morrow morning at ten a - clock . Upon this they fell again to rummage the will , because the prefent cafe alfo required a pofi- tive precept , the lining ...
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... would be glad to pledge his Lordship . That you shall , faid Peter . I am not a perfon to refufe you any thing that is reasonable . Wine , moderately taken , is a cordial . Here is a glafs a - piece for you ; it is 75 A TALE OF A TU B.
... would be glad to pledge his Lordship . That you shall , faid Peter . I am not a perfon to refufe you any thing that is reasonable . Wine , moderately taken , is a cordial . Here is a glafs a - piece for you ; it is 75 A TALE OF A TU B.
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... shall leave among the curious , as a problem worthy of their utmost enquiry . For the invention of the latter , I think the commonwealth of learning is chiefly obliged to the great modern improvement of digreffions : the late refine ...
... shall leave among the curious , as a problem worthy of their utmost enquiry . For the invention of the latter , I think the commonwealth of learning is chiefly obliged to the great modern improvement of digreffions : the late refine ...
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