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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As this edition is partly upon a different plan , more comple c , and illustrated with a far greater number of notes , than any that hath yet appeared in England ; we judge it necessary to give an account of the method . used in ...
As this edition is partly upon a different plan , more comple c , and illustrated with a far greater number of notes , than any that hath yet appeared in England ; we judge it necessary to give an account of the method . used in ...
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I was three years , ” say he to Gay , “ reconciling myself to the scene and business to which fortune hath condemned me ; “ and ftupidity was what I had recourse to . " The first remarkable event of his life , after his fettlement at ...
I was three years , ” say he to Gay , “ reconciling myself to the scene and business to which fortune hath condemned me ; “ and ftupidity was what I had recourse to . " The first remarkable event of his life , after his fettlement at ...
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Item , I bequeath to Mr. • Robert Gratton , ' prebendary of St. Andrew's , my strong box , on condition of his giving the fole ufe • of the faid box to his brother , Dr. James Gratton , during the life of the said Doctor , who hath more ...
Item , I bequeath to Mr. • Robert Gratton , ' prebendary of St. Andrew's , my strong box , on condition of his giving the fole ufe • of the faid box to his brother , Dr. James Gratton , during the life of the said Doctor , who hath more ...
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A CRITICISM on SWIFT'S PROSEWRITINGS , By the Earl of ORRERY . aj 21 21 170 191 201 : 25 205 = 74 38 ; IF F we consider Swift's profe works , we shall find a certain masterly conciseness in their style , that hath never been equalled by ...
A CRITICISM on SWIFT'S PROSEWRITINGS , By the Earl of ORRERY . aj 21 21 170 191 201 : 25 205 = 74 38 ; IF F we consider Swift's profe works , we shall find a certain masterly conciseness in their style , that hath never been equalled by ...
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He thinks it no fair proceeding , that any person should offer determinately to fix a name upon the author of this discourse , who hath all along concealed himself from most of bis nearest friends : yet several have gone a farther Itep ...
He thinks it no fair proceeding , that any person should offer determinately to fix a name upon the author of this discourse , who hath all along concealed himself from most of bis nearest friends : yet several have gone a farther Itep ...
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