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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... modern " good breeding would have ftruggled with me for the coffee - pot , till fhe had made me fcald myself " and her , and made me throw the coffee in the fire , " or perhaps at her head , rather than permit me to take so much trouble ...
... modern " good breeding would have ftruggled with me for the coffee - pot , till fhe had made me fcald myself " and her , and made me throw the coffee in the fire , " or perhaps at her head , rather than permit me to take so much trouble ...
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... MODERN BOOKS in St. James's Library ; and , A Discourse concerning the MECHANICAL OPE- RATION of the SPIRIT . With the Author's APOLOGY ; and Explanatory notes , by W. Wotton , B. D. and others . Bafyma cacabafa , eanaa irraum ifta ...
... MODERN BOOKS in St. James's Library ; and , A Discourse concerning the MECHANICAL OPE- RATION of the SPIRIT . With the Author's APOLOGY ; and Explanatory notes , by W. Wotton , B. D. and others . Bafyma cacabafa , eanaa irraum ifta ...
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... modern cuftom of employing wit upon thofe topics ; of which there is a remarkable instance in fect . 7. parag . 7. p . 97. as well as in feveral others , though . though perhaps once or twice expreffed in too free a 12 A TALE OF A TU B.
... modern cuftom of employing wit upon thofe topics ; of which there is a remarkable instance in fect . 7. parag . 7. p . 97. as well as in feveral others , though . though perhaps once or twice expreffed in too free a 12 A TALE OF A TU B.
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... modern piece of wit , and which is apt to fuffer fo much in the carriage . Some things are extremely witty to - day , or fafting , or in this place , or at eight a clock , or over a bottle , or spoke by Mr. What d'y'call'm , or in a ...
... modern piece of wit , and which is apt to fuffer fo much in the carriage . Some things are extremely witty to - day , or fafting , or in this place , or at eight a clock , or over a bottle , or spoke by Mr. What d'y'call'm , or in a ...
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... modern forms , I apprehend fome curious wit may object against me , for proceeding thus far in a preface , without declaiming , according to the cuftom , against the multitude of writers , whereof the whole multitude of writers most ...
... modern forms , I apprehend fome curious wit may object against me , for proceeding thus far in a preface , without declaiming , according to the cuftom , against the multitude of writers , whereof the whole multitude of writers most ...
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