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
... Lord Or- rey's letters contained many of the principal events , intermingled with many characteristic incidents , fupported in general upon better authority ; but fometimes founded upon falfe information . Some of thefe miftakes were ...
... Lord Or- rey's letters contained many of the principal events , intermingled with many characteristic incidents , fupported in general upon better authority ; but fometimes founded upon falfe information . Some of thefe miftakes were ...
Page ix
... Lord Orrery and Mr. Swift , are now added . An abridgment of Mrs. Pilkington's account is annexed . In the eighth vo- lume , immediately after the Dean's Will , are two letters defcribing his furiofity . After which is gi- ven Lord ...
... Lord Orrery and Mr. Swift , are now added . An abridgment of Mrs. Pilkington's account is annexed . In the eighth vo- lume , immediately after the Dean's Will , are two letters defcribing his furiofity . After which is gi- ven Lord ...
Page x
... Lord Oxford's adminiftration , and the clearest account of the treaty of Utrecht . His Lordship further tells us , that in fome of his leifure - hours , he had begun an history of England , and had purfued it through two or three reigns ...
... Lord Oxford's adminiftration , and the clearest account of the treaty of Utrecht . His Lordship further tells us , that in fome of his leifure - hours , he had begun an history of England , and had purfued it through two or three reigns ...
Page xvii
... Lord Capel , then lord - deputy of Ireland , who gave him the prebend of Kilroot , in the diocefe of Connor , worth about rooh fer annum . But Sir William , who had been used -to the converfation of Swift , foon found that -he could not ...
... Lord Capel , then lord - deputy of Ireland , who gave him the prebend of Kilroot , in the diocefe of Connor , worth about rooh fer annum . But Sir William , who had been used -to the converfation of Swift , foon found that -he could not ...
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... lords juftices of Ireland , to at- tend him as chaplain and private fecretary ; but he was foon removed from this post , up- on a pretence that it was not fit for a clergy- man . This disappointment was presently followed by another ...
... lords juftices of Ireland , to at- tend him as chaplain and private fecretary ; but he was foon removed from this post , up- on a pretence that it was not fit for a clergy- man . This disappointment was presently followed by another ...
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