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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Lord Orrey's letters contained many of the principal events , iniermingled with many characteristic incidents , supported in general upon better authority ; but sometimes founded upon false information . Some of these mistakes were ...
Lord Orrey's letters contained many of the principal events , iniermingled with many characteristic incidents , supported in general upon better authority ; but sometimes founded upon false information . Some of these mistakes were ...
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orders not to hazard a second voyage , till he should be better able to bear it . Mrs. Swift , about two years after her hushand's death , quitted the family of Mr. Godwin Swift in Ireland , and retired to Leicester , the place of her ...
orders not to hazard a second voyage , till he should be better able to bear it . Mrs. Swift , about two years after her hushand's death , quitted the family of Mr. Godwin Swift in Ireland , and retired to Leicester , the place of her ...
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... and told him , it was his birth - day , and that bonfires and illuminations were preparing to celebrate it as usual : to which he immediately replied , “ It is all folly , they had better " ( 6 let it alone .
... and told him , it was his birth - day , and that bonfires and illuminations were preparing to celebrate it as usual : to which he immediately replied , “ It is all folly , they had better " ( 6 let it alone .
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The poor , in the liberty of his cathedral , were better regulated than any other in the kingdom : They were all badged , and were never found begging out of their diftrict . For thefe he built and furnished a little alms - house ...
The poor , in the liberty of his cathedral , were better regulated than any other in the kingdom : They were all badged , and were never found begging out of their diftrict . For thefe he built and furnished a little alms - house ...
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That he hoped , as the cook was a woman of genius ; 26 he should , by this manner of arguing , be able , in about a year's time , to convince her that she had ** better fend up the meat too little than - loo much ! done ; " charging the ...
That he hoped , as the cook was a woman of genius ; 26 he should , by this manner of arguing , be able , in about a year's time , to convince her that she had ** better fend up the meat too little than - loo much ! done ; " charging the ...
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| Title | The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin Volume 1 of The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Jonathan Swift |
| Author | Jonathan Swift |
| Publisher | C. Bathurst, J. Rivington, W. Strahan, B. Collins, J. Hinton, J. Dodsley, L. Davis and C. Reymers, R. Baldwin, and W. Bowyer, 1766 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 28 Sep 2018 |
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