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Page xix
The vulgar dialect was not only a fund of humour for him , but I verily believe was acceptable to his nature ; otherwife I know not how to account for the many fil- thy ideas and indecent expreffions ( I mean indecent in point of ...
The vulgar dialect was not only a fund of humour for him , but I verily believe was acceptable to his nature ; otherwife I know not how to account for the many fil- thy ideas and indecent expreffions ( I mean indecent in point of ...
Page xxxiv
I " believe " [ faith the Doctor ] never any thing was compaffed fo " foon , and purely done by my personal credit with Mr Harley , " who is fo exceffively obliging , that I know not what to make of it , unless to fhew the rafcals of ...
I " believe " [ faith the Doctor ] never any thing was compaffed fo " foon , and purely done by my personal credit with Mr Harley , " who is fo exceffively obliging , that I know not what to make of it , unless to fhew the rafcals of ...
Page xxxvii
I believe the confederacy will foon break to pieces ; and our factions at home increase . The ministry is upon a narrow bottom ; and stands like an ifthmus between the " Whigs on one fide , and violent Tories on the other .
I believe the confederacy will foon break to pieces ; and our factions at home increase . The ministry is upon a narrow bottom ; and stands like an ifthmus between the " Whigs on one fide , and violent Tories on the other .
Page xxxviii
... and I believe they will endeavour to play the fame game that " has been played against them . I have told them all this , which they know already ; but they cannot help it : they have cau- " tioned the Quecen fo much against being ...
... and I believe they will endeavour to play the fame game that " has been played against them . I have told them all this , which they know already ; but they cannot help it : they have cau- " tioned the Quecen fo much against being ...
Page xliii
WHEN I am much inclined to believe , that the temper of Swift might occafion his English friends to wifh him happily and proper- ly promoted , at a distance . His fpirit , for I would give it the fofteft name , was ever untractable .
WHEN I am much inclined to believe , that the temper of Swift might occafion his English friends to wifh him happily and proper- ly promoted , at a distance . His fpirit , for I would give it the fofteft name , was ever untractable .
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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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