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 xxix
... answered her letters : She preffed him to marry her , but he rallied , and ftill avoided a pofitive de- nial . She preffed him ftill more , either to accept or refuse her as a wife ; upon which he wrote an answer , and delivered it with ...
... answered her letters : She preffed him to marry her , but he rallied , and ftill avoided a pofitive de- nial . She preffed him ftill more , either to accept or refuse her as a wife ; upon which he wrote an answer , and delivered it with ...
Page xxxii
... answer , " fays the writer of his life , " without abfurdity . " Nor fo far at least , if not fomething farther , we think , may be anfwered , and without abfurdity too . " He " did not marry her fooner , " we say , because his original ...
... answer , " fays the writer of his life , " without abfurdity . " Nor fo far at least , if not fomething farther , we think , may be anfwered , and without abfurdity too . " He " did not marry her fooner , " we say , because his original ...
Page xxxiii
... answered . without abfurdity : but the main , and , in- deed , fole difficulty is , why Swift should not defire a nearer commerce with such a woman as Stella , and confequently acknowledge and receive her publicly as his wife . Yet the ...
... answered . without abfurdity : but the main , and , in- deed , fole difficulty is , why Swift should not defire a nearer commerce with such a woman as Stella , and confequently acknowledge and receive her publicly as his wife . Yet the ...
Page li
... answered , very innocently , that fhe could not . Why , what fort of a creature are you , " fays he , to commit a fault which cannot be amended ! " And Sturning to Mrs. Pilkington , he faid very gravely , That he hoped , as the cook was ...
... answered , very innocently , that fhe could not . Why , what fort of a creature are you , " fays he , to commit a fault which cannot be amended ! " And Sturning to Mrs. Pilkington , he faid very gravely , That he hoped , as the cook was ...
Page lii
... answered , that they did not ; " Tis a fign , " faid he , " you were neither of you bred in the univer 66 726 fity of Oxford ; for drinking and fmoking are the " firft.rudiments of learning taught there ; and in thefe " two arts , no ...
... answered , that they did not ; " Tis a fign , " faid he , " you were neither of you bred in the univer 66 726 fity of Oxford ; for drinking and fmoking are the " firft.rudiments of learning taught there ; and in thefe " two arts , no ...
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