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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Hence admiring , as was natural , such a character as that of Swift , she foon passed from admiration to love ; and urged a little perhaps by vanity , which would have been highly gratified by an alliance with the first wit of the age ...
Hence admiring , as was natural , such a character as that of Swift , she foon passed from admiration to love ; and urged a little perhaps by vanity , which would have been highly gratified by an alliance with the first wit of the age ...
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... that he left the poem unfinished , and never afterwards attempted a composition either in prose or verle that required a course of thinking , or perhaps more than one ' fitcing to finish . i • well as your declared resolution to ...
... that he left the poem unfinished , and never afterwards attempted a composition either in prose or verle that required a course of thinking , or perhaps more than one ' fitcing to finish . i • well as your declared resolution to ...
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... yet always clear ; and if we consider it in comparifon of his predecessors , he has outdone them all , and is one , perhaps the chief , of those few select English writers , who have excelled in elegance and propriety of language .
... yet always clear ; and if we consider it in comparifon of his predecessors , he has outdone them all , and is one , perhaps the chief , of those few select English writers , who have excelled in elegance and propriety of language .
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... I do not know what to think : women may 4 be honest that do such things ; but , for my part , I ! « never could bear to touch any man's fleth e except “ my beit , S5 “ my husband's : whom , perhaps , ” lit ACCOUNTS OF DR . SWIFT ,
... I do not know what to think : women may 4 be honest that do such things ; but , for my part , I ! « never could bear to touch any man's fleth e except “ my beit , S5 “ my husband's : whom , perhaps , ” lit ACCOUNTS OF DR . SWIFT ,
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S5 “ my husband's : whom , perhaps , ” ( faid he ) she wishased at the devil . " 4. * Mr. Pilkington , ” faid he , “ you would not tell " me your wife's faults , but I have found her out to “ be a don'd infolent , proud , unmannerly ...
S5 “ my husband's : whom , perhaps , ” ( faid he ) she wishased at the devil . " 4. * Mr. Pilkington , ” faid he , “ you would not tell " me your wife's faults , but I have found her out to “ be a don'd infolent , proud , unmannerly ...
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| Title | The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin Volume 1 of The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Jonathan Swift |
| Author | Jonathan Swift |
| Publisher | C. Bathurst, J. Rivington, W. Strahan, B. Collins, J. Hinton, J. Dodsley, L. Davis and C. Reymers, R. Baldwin, and W. Bowyer, 1766 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 28 Sep 2018 |
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