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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... Edition . IN EIGHT VOLUMES . Accurately corrected by the best Editions . EDINBURGH : Printed for A. DONALDSON , and fold at his Shops in London and Edinburgh . MDCCLXVI . THE WORKS OF DR . JONATHAN SWIFT , Dean of Sardine 194.
... Edition . IN EIGHT VOLUMES . Accurately corrected by the best Editions . EDINBURGH : Printed for A. DONALDSON , and fold at his Shops in London and Edinburgh . MDCCLXVI . THE WORKS OF DR . JONATHAN SWIFT , Dean of Sardine 194.
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... best defence of 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 ...
... best defence of 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 ...
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... would be a difhonour to juft hiftory . Swift feems to have been extremely fond of this work , by declaring , as he did , that it was the best thing he had ever written : but fince his friend did not . ever xxiv The LIFE of.
... would be a difhonour to juft hiftory . Swift feems to have been extremely fond of this work , by declaring , as he did , that it was the best thing he had ever written : but fince his friend did not . ever xxiv The LIFE of.
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... best pleased , when fome of the company were ladies . He had not the leaft tincture of va- nity in his converfation ; he was used to fay , he was too proud to be vain . He generally spoke fpoke as he thought , in all companies , and DR ...
... best pleased , when fome of the company were ladies . He had not the leaft tincture of va- nity in his converfation ; he was used to fay , he was too proud to be vain . He generally spoke fpoke as he thought , in all companies , and DR ...
Page xlviii
... best , and his third best beaver , with an ironical folemnity that renders the bequefts rediculous . He bequeaths to Mr. John Gratton a filver box , to keep in it the to- bacco which the faid John ufually chewed , called pigtail . ' But ...
... best , and his third best beaver , with an ironical folemnity that renders the bequefts rediculous . He bequeaths to Mr. John Gratton a filver box , to keep in it the to- bacco which the faid John ufually chewed , called pigtail . ' But ...
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