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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... to his political conduct during the four last years of the reign of Q. Anne , which is univerfally owned to have been one of the most confiderable periods of his life , and in which his merit as a writer was moft diftinguifhed .
... to his political conduct during the four last years of the reign of Q. Anne , which is univerfally owned to have been one of the most confiderable periods of his life , and in which his merit as a writer was moft diftinguifhed .
Page xiii
... when the people of Ireland dipleased him , he has been heard to say , “ I am not of this vile country , I am an Englishman : " but this account of his birth is taken from that which he left behind him in his own hand - writing .
... when the people of Ireland dipleased him , he has been heard to say , “ I am not of this vile country , I am an Englishman : " but this account of his birth is taken from that which he left behind him in his own hand - writing .
Page xiv
... up the first fketch of his Tale of a Tub ; for Waffenden Warren , Esq ; a gentleman of fortune near Belfast in Ireland , who was chamber - feilow with Swift , declared that he then faw a copy of it in Swift's own hand - writing .
... up the first fketch of his Tale of a Tub ; for Waffenden Warren , Esq ; a gentleman of fortune near Belfast in Ireland , who was chamber - feilow with Swift , declared that he then faw a copy of it in Swift's own hand - writing .
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... to which the King was very averse , but fent however to consult Sir William Temple , who foon afterwards fent Swift to Kensington with the whole account in writing , to convince the King how . " ill , he was advised .
... to which the King was very averse , but fent however to consult Sir William Temple , who foon afterwards fent Swift to Kensington with the whole account in writing , to convince the King how . " ill , he was advised .
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He soon became eminent as a writer , and in that character was known at least to both Whigs and Tories . He had been educated among the former , but at length attached himself to the latter : because the Whigs , as he said ...
He soon became eminent as a writer , and in that character was known at least to both Whigs and Tories . He had been educated among the former , but at length attached himself to the latter : because the Whigs , as he said ...
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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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