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 xxxiv
... sometimes reproached him with unkindness ; for to fuch regret and reproach he certainly alludes , in the following verse on her birth - day , in 1726 . 66 O , then , whatever heav'n intends , " Take pity on your pitying friends : " Nor ...
... sometimes reproached him with unkindness ; for to fuch regret and reproach he certainly alludes , in the following verse on her birth - day , in 1726 . 66 O , then , whatever heav'n intends , " Take pity on your pitying friends : " Nor ...
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Jonathan Swift. days ; these entertainments were therefore discontinued , and he sometimes avoided the company of his most intimate friends : but in time he grew more defirous of company . In 1732 , he complains , in a letter to Mr. Gay ...
Jonathan Swift. days ; these entertainments were therefore discontinued , and he sometimes avoided the company of his most intimate friends : but in time he grew more defirous of company . In 1732 , he complains , in a letter to Mr. Gay ...
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... sometimes very rude , even to his superiors ; of which the following story , related to Mrs. Pilking- ton by himself , may ferve as one instance amongst a thousand others , The last time he was in London , he went to dine with the Earl ...
... sometimes very rude , even to his superiors ; of which the following story , related to Mrs. Pilking- ton by himself , may ferve as one instance amongst a thousand others , The last time he was in London , he went to dine with the Earl ...
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... sometimes happen ; though he has never yet found it in that discourse , nor has heard it objected by any body elfe . So that , if ever any design was unfortunately executed , it must be that of this answerer ; who , when he would have ...
... sometimes happen ; though he has never yet found it in that discourse , nor has heard it objected by any body elfe . So that , if ever any design was unfortunately executed , it must be that of this answerer ; who , when he would have ...
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Jonathan Swift. fo bold and fo false , that I have been sometime think- ing , the contrary may almost be proved by uncontroul able demonstration . It is true indeed , that although their numbers be vast , and their productions numerous ...
Jonathan Swift. fo bold and fo false , that I have been sometime think- ing , the contrary may almost be proved by uncontroul able demonstration . It is true indeed , that although their numbers be vast , and their productions numerous ...
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