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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... or that could direct the choice : that the verse and profe should be kept fepara e ; that the posthumous and doubtful pie es thould not be mingled with thofė whi h the Dean is known to have published himself ; and that those tracts ...
... or that could direct the choice : that the verse and profe should be kept fepara e ; that the posthumous and doubtful pie es thould not be mingled with thofė whi h the Dean is known to have published himself ; and that those tracts ...
Page vi
Such also are the tracts on the Sacramental Teft ; which are now put together in a regular order , as they should always be read , by those who would see their whole strength and propriety . As to the arrangement of the different pieces ...
Such also are the tracts on the Sacramental Teft ; which are now put together in a regular order , as they should always be read , by those who would see their whole strength and propriety . As to the arrangement of the different pieces ...
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Thus , this author's inquiries may manifestly be answered without absurdity : but the main , and , indeed , sole difficulty is , why Swift should not defire a nearer commerce with such a woman as Stella , and consequently acknowledge ...
Thus , this author's inquiries may manifestly be answered without absurdity : but the main , and , indeed , sole difficulty is , why Swift should not defire a nearer commerce with such a woman as Stella , and consequently acknowledge ...
Page xxxv
In 1732 , he complains , in a letter to Mr. Gay , that “ he had a large house , and should " hardly find one visitor , if he was not able " to hire him with a bottle of wine : ” and , in another to Mr. Pope , that “ he was in danger of ...
In 1732 , he complains , in a letter to Mr. Gay , that “ he had a large house , and should " hardly find one visitor , if he was not able " to hire him with a bottle of wine : ” and , in another to Mr. Pope , that “ he was in danger of ...
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... temperate and chalte , it was therefore easy for him to be frugal ; but he was also naturally high{ pirited ; and therefore , as wealth is the pledge of independence , it is not ftrange his frugality should verge to excess .
... temperate and chalte , it was therefore easy for him to be frugal ; but he was also naturally high{ pirited ; and therefore , as wealth is the pledge of independence , it is not ftrange his frugality should verge to excess .
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