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 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 .
Page xv
This was Swift's first embassy to court , who , though he underfood English hiftory , and the matter in hand very well , yet . did not prevail . Soon after this transaction he was seized with the return of a disorder , which he had ...
This was Swift's first embassy to court , who , though he underfood English hiftory , and the matter in hand very well , yet . did not prevail . Soon after this transaction he was seized with the return of a disorder , which he had ...
Page xxix
She pressed him ftill more , either to accept or refuse her as a wife ; upon which he wrote an answer , and delivered it with his own hand . The receipt of this , which probably communicated the fatal fecret of his marriage with Stella ...
She pressed him ftill more , either to accept or refuse her as a wife ; upon which he wrote an answer , and delivered it with his own hand . The receipt of this , which probably communicated the fatal fecret of his marriage with Stella ...
Page xxxvii
Gentlemen , my life is in the hands of God , and , whether it may be cut off by treachery , or open violence , or by the common way of other men , as long as it continues , I shall ever bear a grateful memory for this favour you have ...
Gentlemen , my life is in the hands of God , and , whether it may be cut off by treachery , or open violence , or by the common way of other men , as long as it continues , I shall ever bear a grateful memory for this favour you have ...
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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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