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Page xi
whatever the motives were that prevailed on Dr Swift to speak in this manner , they v were not borrowed from any fort of contempt which he had fecretly entertained against Ireland confidered merely as a nation , but ra ther proceeded ...
whatever the motives were that prevailed on Dr Swift to speak in this manner , they v were not borrowed from any fort of contempt which he had fecretly entertained against Ireland confidered merely as a nation , but ra ther proceeded ...
Page xv
It is ( fays Lord Orrery ) a kind of disho- nourable degree ; and the record of it , notwithstanding Dr Swift's prefent established character throughout , the learned world , muft for ever remain against him in the academical register ...
It is ( fays Lord Orrery ) a kind of disho- nourable degree ; and the record of it , notwithstanding Dr Swift's prefent established character throughout , the learned world , muft for ever remain against him in the academical register ...
Page xvii
The civilities which he received az Oxford might indeed proceed from his known connec- tion with Sir William Temple ; but he might reason- ably impute them alfo to the fuppreffion of a reproach against which there was good reafon to ...
The civilities which he received az Oxford might indeed proceed from his known connec- tion with Sir William Temple ; but he might reason- ably impute them alfo to the fuppreffion of a reproach against which there was good reafon to ...
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... defirous to have the honour of being ranked among his best friends , had a greater fhare in obftructing his promotion to the deanery of Derry , than perhaps any filly , tri- fling objections against his youth and fprightlinefs .
... defirous to have the honour of being ranked among his best friends , had a greater fhare in obftructing his promotion to the deanery of Derry , than perhaps any filly , tri- fling objections against his youth and fprightlinefs .
Page xxxvii
But as the blade was broken within half an inch of the handle , by the violence of the blow against one of the Earl's ribs , the Doctor had a hole drilled thro ' that part of the blade which was broken off , and another hole thro ' that ...
But as the blade was broken within half an inch of the handle , by the violence of the blow against one of the Earl's ribs , the Doctor had a hole drilled thro ' that part of the blade which was broken off , and another hole thro ' that ...
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| Title | The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift .. Volume 1 of The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift, Jonathan Swift |
| Author | Jonathan Swift |
| Publisher | G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 4 May 2017 |
| Length | 2984 pages |
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