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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... that , notwithstanding the friendship Mr. Pope profeffed for Mr. Gay , he could not forbear a great many fatirical , or , if she might be allowed to fay } + lv Y Ples , PILKINGTON , fay sợ , liv ACCOUNTS OF Dı . SWIFT ,
... that , notwithstanding the friendship Mr. Pope profeffed for Mr. Gay , he could not forbear a great many fatirical , or , if she might be allowed to fay } + lv Y Ples , PILKINGTON , fay sợ , liv ACCOUNTS OF Dı . SWIFT ,
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... which are already sunk into waste paper and oblivion , after the usual fate of common anfwerers to books which are allowed to have any merit , They are indeed like annuals , that grow about a young tree , and seem to vie with it for ...
... which are already sunk into waste paper and oblivion , after the usual fate of common anfwerers to books which are allowed to have any merit , They are indeed like annuals , that grow about a young tree , and seem to vie with it for ...
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A man who receives a buffet in the dark , may be allowed to be vexed ; but , it is an odd kind of revenge , to go to cuffs in broad day with the first he meets , and lay the last night's injury at his door .
A man who receives a buffet in the dark , may be allowed to be vexed ; but , it is an odd kind of revenge , to go to cuffs in broad day with the first he meets , and lay the last night's injury at his door .
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As for the liberty I have thought fit to take of prai sing myself upon some occasions or none ; I am sure it will need no excuse , if a multitude of great examples be allowed . Lufficient authority .
As for the liberty I have thought fit to take of prai sing myself upon some occasions or none ; I am sure it will need no excuse , if a multitude of great examples be allowed . Lufficient authority .
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For , as to the bar , though it be , compounded of the same matter , and designed for the same use , it cannot , however , be well allowed the honour of a fourth , by reason of its level or inferior lituation , exposing it to perpetual ...
For , as to the bar , though it be , compounded of the same matter , and designed for the same use , it cannot , however , be well allowed the honour of a fourth , by reason of its level or inferior lituation , exposing it to perpetual ...
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