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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... confequence , except an account of the peace of Utrecht , which he called An hiftory of the four last Years of 2. Anne . The title of an hiftory ( adds his Lordihip ) is too pompous pompous for fuch a performance . In the hiftoricat ...
... confequence , except an account of the peace of Utrecht , which he called An hiftory of the four last Years of 2. Anne . The title of an hiftory ( adds his Lordihip ) is too pompous pompous for fuch a performance . In the hiftoricat ...
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... confequence of immoral lives . Nothing like which is to be met with in this difcourfe , though fome of them are pleafed fo freely to cenfure it . And I wish there were no other inftance of what I have too fre- quently obferved , that ...
... confequence of immoral lives . Nothing like which is to be met with in this difcourfe , though fome of them are pleafed fo freely to cenfure it . And I wish there were no other inftance of what I have too fre- quently obferved , that ...
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... confequence of these momentous truths , the Grubæan fages have always chofen to convey their precepts and their arts fhut up within the vehicles of types and fables ; which having been perhaps more care- ful and curious in adorning ...
... confequence of these momentous truths , the Grubæan fages have always chofen to convey their precepts and their arts fhut up within the vehicles of types and fables ; which having been perhaps more care- ful and curious in adorning ...
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... confe quence , were justly reckoned the most accomplished per- fons in the town . But all would not fuffice , and the ladies aforefaid continued ftill inflexible . To clear up which difficulty , I muft , with the reader's good leave and ...
... confe quence , were justly reckoned the most accomplished per- fons in the town . But all would not fuffice , and the ladies aforefaid continued ftill inflexible . To clear up which difficulty , I muft , with the reader's good leave and ...
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... confequence , it was a grofs mistake in our language to spell knot with a K ; " but that from henceforward he would take care it fhould be written with a C. " Upon this all farther difficulty vanished ; fhoulder - knots were made ...
... confequence , it was a grofs mistake in our language to spell knot with a K ; " but that from henceforward he would take care it fhould be written with a C. " Upon this all farther difficulty vanished ; fhoulder - knots were made ...
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