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 xxvii
... perhaps by vanity , which would have been highly gratified by . an alliance with the firft wit of the age , the ventured to make the Doctor a propofal of marriage . He affected firft to believe her in jeft , then to rally her on fo ...
... perhaps by vanity , which would have been highly gratified by . an alliance with the firft wit of the age , the ventured to make the Doctor a propofal of marriage . He affected firft to believe her in jeft , then to rally her on fo ...
Page xxxvii
... perhaps more than one fitting to finish . · well as your declared resolution to defend me ( as * far as the laws of God and man will allow ) againit all murderers and ruffians , who fhall attempt to enter into the liberty with any ...
... perhaps more than one fitting to finish . · well as your declared resolution to defend me ( as * far as the laws of God and man will allow ) againit all murderers and ruffians , who fhall attempt to enter into the liberty with any ...
Page xlvi
... perhaps the chief , of thofe few felect English writers , who have excelled in e- legance and propriety of language . In poli- tics , his favourite topic , he appears like a masterly gladiator ; he wields the fword of party with eafe ...
... perhaps the chief , of thofe few felect English writers , who have excelled in e- legance and propriety of language . In poli- tics , his favourite topic , he appears like a masterly gladiator ; he wields the fword of party with eafe ...
Page lii
... I do not know what to think : women may ** " be honest that do fuch things ; but , for my part , I ' never could bear to touch any man's fleth --- except " my " my husband's whom , perhaps , ” ( faid lii ACCOUNTS OF DR . SWIFT ,
... I do not know what to think : women may ** " be honest that do fuch things ; but , for my part , I ' never could bear to touch any man's fleth --- except " my " my husband's whom , perhaps , ” ( faid lii ACCOUNTS OF DR . SWIFT ,
Page liii
... perhaps at her 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 ...
... perhaps at her 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 ...
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