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 viii
... was not thought neceffary ( fays he ) to relate every trifling particular that has been recorded , but only to felect fuch as : will fufficiently diftinguish the peculiarities of his character and manners will viii THE EDITOR's PREFACE .
... was not thought neceffary ( fays he ) to relate every trifling particular that has been recorded , but only to felect fuch as : will fufficiently diftinguish the peculiarities of his character and manners will viii THE EDITOR's PREFACE .
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Jonathan Swift. will fufficiently diftinguish the peculiarities of his character and manners , and tranfmit a knowledge of him to posterity , of the fame kind , if not in the fame degree , as was obtained by thofe among his ...
Jonathan Swift. will fufficiently diftinguish the peculiarities of his character and manners , and tranfmit a knowledge of him to posterity , of the fame kind , if not in the fame degree , as was obtained by thofe among his ...
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... manner , and once of- fered to make him a captain of horse ; but Swift had fixed his mind upon an ecclesiasti- cal life . About this time a bill was brought into the house for triennial parliaments , to which the King was very averfe ...
... manner , and once of- fered to make him a captain of horse ; but Swift had fixed his mind upon an ecclesiasti- cal life . About this time a bill was brought into the house for triennial parliaments , to which the King was very averfe ...
Page xvi
... manner of tra- velling was very extraordinary . He always went on foot , except the weather was very bad , and then he would fometimes take fhel- ter in a waggon . He chofe to dine at obfcure alehoufes among pedlars and oftlers , and to ...
... manner of tra- velling was very extraordinary . He always went on foot , except the weather was very bad , and then he would fometimes take fhel- ter in a waggon . He chofe to dine at obfcure alehoufes among pedlars and oftlers , and to ...
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... - college , Dublin . But whatever were the motives to this marriage , the Dean and the lady continued to live af- terwards , juft in the fame manner as they had had lived before . Mrs. Dingley was ftill the infeparable xxviii The LIFE of.
... - college , Dublin . But whatever were the motives to this marriage , the Dean and the lady continued to live af- terwards , juft in the fame manner as they had had lived before . Mrs. Dingley was ftill the infeparable xxviii The LIFE of.
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