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 xxvii
... believe her in jeft , then to rally her on fo whimsical a choice , and at laft to put her off without an abfolute refufal ; and , while he was in this fituation , he wrote the poem , called , " Cadenus and " Vaneffa . " It was written ...
... believe her in jeft , then to rally her on fo whimsical a choice , and at laft to put her off without an abfolute refufal ; and , while he was in this fituation , he wrote the poem , called , " Cadenus and " Vaneffa . " It was written ...
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Jonathan Swift. pence of feveral hundred pounds , when he did not believe he fhould ever again claim the privileges for himself ; because he would not hurt his fucceffor by an injurious prece- dent . The poor , in the liberty of his ca ...
Jonathan Swift. pence of feveral hundred pounds , when he did not believe he fhould ever again claim the privileges for himself ; because he would not hurt his fucceffor by an injurious prece- dent . The poor , in the liberty of his ca ...
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... believe , " faid he , they were meant as fuch , but they are very stiff . Indeed , Sir , " faid the , " he is fo perfectly a master of harmonious numbers , that , had his heart been the least affected with the fubject , he must have ...
... believe , " faid he , they were meant as fuch , but they are very stiff . Indeed , Sir , " faid the , " he is fo perfectly a master of harmonious numbers , that , had his heart been the least affected with the fubject , he must have ...
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... believe , he will have but few followers ; which is , to debar himself of what he calls the fuperfluities of life , in order to administer " the neceffities of the diftreffed . You juft now faw an instance of it , the money a coach ...
... believe , he will have but few followers ; which is , to debar himself of what he calls the fuperfluities of life , in order to administer " the neceffities of the diftreffed . You juft now faw an instance of it , the money a coach ...
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... believe . In a difquifition of this fort , I fhall avoid as much as poffible any annotations upon that kind of fatire in which the Dean indulged himself against particular perfons moft of whom it is probable provoked his rage by their ...
... believe . In a difquifition of this fort , I fhall avoid as much as poffible any annotations upon that kind of fatire in which the Dean indulged himself against particular perfons moft of whom it is probable provoked his rage by their ...
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