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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Page viii
... Some of thefe miftakes were detected by a volume of let- ters figned J. R. in which were also fome new ma terials ; and the account fince published by Mr. Swift , with an imperfect sketch by the Dean him- felf , has furnished yet more ...
... Some of thefe miftakes were detected by a volume of let- ters figned J. R. in which were also fome new ma terials ; and the account fince published by Mr. Swift , with an imperfect sketch by the Dean him- felf , has furnished yet more ...
Page xiii
... Some have also thought , that he was a natural fon of Sir Wil- liam Temple , because Sir William expreffed a particular regard for him but that was impoffible for Sir William was refident a- broad in a public character from the year ...
... Some have also thought , that he was a natural fon of Sir Wil- liam Temple , because Sir William expreffed a particular regard for him but that was impoffible for Sir William was refident a- broad in a public character from the year ...
Page xxv
... some time before intended for him by the Queen ; but Archbishop Sharpe having reprefented him to her Majefty as a man whofe Chriftianity- was very queftionable , and being fupported in this by a certain very great lady , it was given to ...
... some time before intended for him by the Queen ; but Archbishop Sharpe having reprefented him to her Majefty as a man whofe Chriftianity- was very queftionable , and being fupported in this by a certain very great lady , it was given to ...
Page xxxix
... Some other inftances of fhore intervals of fenfibility and reafon , after his madness ended in ftupor , feem to prove , that : his disorder , whatever it was , had not de- ftroyed , but only fufpended the powers of his mind . In 1744 ...
... Some other inftances of fhore intervals of fenfibility and reafon , after his madness ended in ftupor , feem to prove , that : his disorder , whatever it was , had not de- ftroyed , but only fufpended the powers of his mind . In 1744 ...
Page xlii
... some neutral person , or of the majority . It is however true , that he kept his friends in fome degree of awe , and was therefore rather an entertaining , than a defireable gueft . He was open to adu lation , and could not , or would ...
... some neutral person , or of the majority . It is however true , that he kept his friends in fome degree of awe , and was therefore rather an entertaining , than a defireable gueft . He was open to adu lation , and could not , or would ...
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