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 these mistakes were detected by a voluine of letters signed J. R. in which were also some new materials ; and the account finie published by Mr. Swift , with an imperfect sketch by the Dean himself , has furnished yet more .
Some of these mistakes were detected by a voluine of letters signed J. R. in which were also some new materials ; and the account finie published by Mr. Swift , with an imperfect sketch by the Dean himself , has furnished yet more .
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... and some critical remarks on his character , taken from Lord Orrery and Mr. Swift , are now added . ... occafioned by the melancholy situation of the Dean's understanding , some years before his death ; not inserted in any London ...
... and some critical remarks on his character , taken from Lord Orrery and Mr. Swift , are now added . ... occafioned by the melancholy situation of the Dean's understanding , some years before his death ; not inserted in any London ...
Page x
His Lordship further tells us , that in some of his leisure - hours , he had begun an history of England , and had pursued it through two or three reigns from William the Conqueror ; but that the contempt he conceived of the ancient ...
His Lordship further tells us , that in some of his leisure - hours , he had begun an history of England , and had pursued it through two or three reigns from William the Conqueror ; but that the contempt he conceived of the ancient ...
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Swift made frequent excurLions to Dublin , and some to London , but Mrs. Johnson was buried in folitude and obscurity ; she was known only to a few of 1 * The Doctor gave her fifty guineas a year , and left her by his will an annuity of ...
Swift made frequent excurLions to Dublin , and some to London , but Mrs. Johnson was buried in folitude and obscurity ; she was known only to a few of 1 * The Doctor gave her fifty guineas a year , and left her by his will an annuity of ...
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... the delicate Stella , in a state of nearer commerce , which he was always sure of preserving at some distance : Add all these considerations together , and the solution of this mighty mystery , may probably not appear impollible .
... the delicate Stella , in a state of nearer commerce , which he was always sure of preserving at some distance : Add all these considerations together , and the solution of this mighty mystery , may probably not appear impollible .
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