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... amazing genius for wit and ridicule , the wonder of the age in which he lived ; by his caprices and odd- neffes , reduced to the common level of mankind . A cha- racter of this kind , is more eagerly enquired into , and to the bulk ...
... amazing genius for wit and ridicule , the wonder of the age in which he lived ; by his caprices and odd- neffes , reduced to the common level of mankind . A cha- racter of this kind , is more eagerly enquired into , and to the bulk ...
Page xix
... then at Lisbon ; in which he relates his quarrel with Sir William , and declares his purpose to When Swift was a young man , he was prodigioufly fond of rambling , even before his pocket could afford the common expences of a journey ...
... then at Lisbon ; in which he relates his quarrel with Sir William , and declares his purpose to When Swift was a young man , he was prodigioufly fond of rambling , even before his pocket could afford the common expences of a journey ...
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... be laid on the general opinions of the world , to the gra- vity and fedateness of an older divine , than to that abundant fpright- linefs and fire which animated the foul of this young , vigorous , un- common , heteroclite genius .
... be laid on the general opinions of the world , to the gra- vity and fedateness of an older divine , than to that abundant fpright- linefs and fire which animated the foul of this young , vigorous , un- common , heteroclite genius .
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It was a common ordinary penknife , with a tortoife shell handle ; and when it was fhut , was just about the length of a man's little finger . But as the blade was broken within half an inch of the handle , by the violence of the blow ...
It was a common ordinary penknife , with a tortoife shell handle ; and when it was fhut , was just about the length of a man's little finger . But as the blade was broken within half an inch of the handle , by the violence of the blow ...
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Neither do I believe , further than common forms , that he ever paid his court , throughout his whole life , to any woman befides , in the character of a profefled lover . D. S. p . 93 , 94. - See Swift's letter to Mr Kendall , vol .
Neither do I believe , further than common forms , that he ever paid his court , throughout his whole life , to any woman befides , in the character of a profefled lover . D. S. p . 93 , 94. - See Swift's letter to Mr Kendall , vol .
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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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