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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In the edition which is no v offered to the public , the Tale of a Tub , of which the Dean's corrections sufficiently prove him to have been the author , the Battle of the Books , and the Fragment , make the first volume ; the second is ...
In the edition which is no v offered to the public , the Tale of a Tub , of which the Dean's corrections sufficiently prove him to have been the author , the Battle of the Books , and the Fragment , make the first volume ; the second is ...
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The first volume contains the Tale of a Tub , the Battle of the Books , the Fragment , fome tracts relating to religion , and the posthumous fermons . In the second are part of the miscellanies relating to politics .
The first volume contains the Tale of a Tub , the Battle of the Books , the Fragment , fome tracts relating to religion , and the posthumous fermons . In the second are part of the miscellanies relating to politics .
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Several pieces , both in prose and verse , do now make their first appearance in Dr. Swift's works . Among the profe , the most considerable are , Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus , in vol . 5. and the letters 1. 90. 91.
Several pieces , both in prose and verse , do now make their first appearance in Dr. Swift's works . Among the profe , the most considerable are , Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus , in vol . 5. and the letters 1. 90. 91.
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He commenced these studies at the university of Dublin , where he continued them three years : and , during this time , he drew up the first fketch of his Tale of a Tub ; for Waffenden Warren , Esq ; a gentleman of fortune near Belfast ...
He commenced these studies at the university of Dublin , where he continued them three years : and , during this time , he drew up the first fketch of his Tale of a Tub ; for Waffenden Warren , Esq ; a gentleman of fortune near Belfast ...
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Swift's most intimate acquaintance , and had no female companion except Mrs. Dingley In 1901 , Swift took his doctor's degree , and in 1702 , foon after the death of King Wila liam , he went into England for the first time after his ...
Swift's most intimate acquaintance , and had no female companion except Mrs. Dingley In 1901 , Swift took his doctor's degree , and in 1702 , foon after the death of King Wila liam , he went into England for the first time after his ...
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