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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... head ; that he despaired of supporting that dignity and credit , even with the delicate Stella , in a ftate of nearer commerce , which he was always fure of preferving at fome di- ftance : Add all these confiderations together , and the ...
... head ; that he despaired of supporting that dignity and credit , even with the delicate Stella , in a ftate of nearer commerce , which he was always fure of preferving at fome di- ftance : Add all these confiderations together , and the ...
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... head of his table , op- pofite to a great pier glafs , fo that he could fee in the glafs whatever the fervants did behind him . He was ferved entirely in plate , with great elegance . But the beef being over - roafted , put the company ...
... head of his table , op- pofite to a great pier glafs , fo that he could fee in the glafs whatever the fervants did behind him . He was ferved entirely in plate , with great elegance . But the beef being over - roafted , put the company ...
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... head , rather than permit me to take so much trouble for her . " 1 Mrs. Filkington staid at home with the Dean du- ring the time of the afternoon's service ; and he made her read his Hiftory of the four last years of Q. Anne , * afking ...
... head , rather than permit me to take so much trouble for her . " 1 Mrs. Filkington staid at home with the Dean du- ring the time of the afternoon's service ; and he made her read his Hiftory of the four last years of Q. Anne , * afking ...
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... head , By the affiftance of fome thinking , and much converfa- tion , he had endeavoured to ftrip himself of as many real prejudices as he could : I fay , real ones ; because under the notion of prejudices , he knew to what dan- gerous ...
... head , By the affiftance of fome thinking , and much converfa- tion , he had endeavoured to ftrip himself of as many real prejudices as he could : I fay , real ones ; because under the notion of prejudices , he knew to what dan- gerous ...
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... head , nor will ( he is fure ) into that of any reader of taste and candour . He allows two or three at moft , there produced , to have been deliver ed unwarily ; for which he defires to plead the excuse offered already , of his youth ...
... head , nor will ( he is fure ) into that of any reader of taste and candour . He allows two or three at moft , there produced , to have been deliver ed unwarily ; for which he defires to plead the excuse offered already , of his youth ...
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