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HAPPILY for the public , the materials for their informations as to Dr Swift's life and character are not inconsiderable . Lord Orrery's letters , and the essay on the a 3 the life , writings and character of Dr Swift ,
HAPPILY for the public , the materials for their informations as to Dr Swift's life and character are not inconsiderable . Lord Orrery's letters , and the essay on the a 3 the life , writings and character of Dr Swift ,
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J. R.'s Observations on Lord Orrery's Reanarks , generally supposed to bave been written by Dr Delany ; and Letter to S. Letters from the Dean to Stella , mentioned by Mr Swift , but not published . The other references relate to the ...
J. R.'s Observations on Lord Orrery's Reanarks , generally supposed to bave been written by Dr Delany ; and Letter to S. Letters from the Dean to Stella , mentioned by Mr Swift , but not published . The other references relate to the ...
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But the account of his family shall be as short as pofble ; fince , ( as Lord Orrery observes ) , though his an cestors were persons of very decent and reputable characters , and the elder branch of the family ennobled ) he him felf has ...
But the account of his family shall be as short as pofble ; fince , ( as Lord Orrery observes ) , though his an cestors were persons of very decent and reputable characters , and the elder branch of the family ennobled ) he him felf has ...
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This was foon found to be an useful garment by its weight ; and it is remarked by Lord Clarendon , that the King received no fupply more seasonable or acceptable than thefe 300 broad pieces during the whole war , his distress being then ...
This was foon found to be an useful garment by its weight ; and it is remarked by Lord Clarendon , that the King received no fupply more seasonable or acceptable than thefe 300 broad pieces during the whole war , his distress being then ...
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He has also been thought by some to have been a natural fon of Sir William Temple : a mistake which was probably founded upon another ; for till the publication of his letter to Lord Visc . Palmerston , among his pofthumous works ...
He has also been thought by some to have been a natural fon of Sir William Temple : a mistake which was probably founded upon another ; for till the publication of his letter to Lord Visc . Palmerston , among his pofthumous works ...
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