The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page xxxvi
... consequence to himself , than he is in reality to any other person . Such perhaps was the case of Dr Swift . He found himself much indulged by the similes and conversation of the Earl of Oxford . He knew how useful he was to the ...
... consequence to himself , than he is in reality to any other person . Such perhaps was the case of Dr Swift . He found himself much indulged by the similes and conversation of the Earl of Oxford . He knew how useful he was to the ...
Page xliii
... consequences of whose misunderstanding were justly dreaded by their friends . [ vol . 4. p . 201. ] WHEN I am much inclined to believe , that the temper of Swift might occafion his English friends to wish him happily and proper- ly ...
... consequences of whose misunderstanding were justly dreaded by their friends . [ vol . 4. p . 201. ] WHEN I am much inclined to believe , that the temper of Swift might occafion his English friends to wish him happily and proper- ly ...
Page cxxiii
... consequence of immoral lives . Nothing like which is to be met with in this discourse , tho ' some of them are plea- fed fo freely to censure it . And I wish there were no other inftance of what I have too frequently observed , that ...
... consequence of immoral lives . Nothing like which is to be met with in this discourse , tho ' some of them are plea- fed fo freely to censure it . And I wish there were no other inftance of what I have too frequently observed , that ...
Page cxxiii
... consequences they apprehended from such an example ; and it grew Porsenna's cafe ; Idem trecenti juravimus . In short , things were ripe for a general in- surrection , till my Lord Orrery had a little laid the spirit , and fettled the ...
... consequences they apprehended from such an example ; and it grew Porsenna's cafe ; Idem trecenti juravimus . In short , things were ripe for a general in- surrection , till my Lord Orrery had a little laid the spirit , and fettled the ...
Page 33
... consequence , were justly reckoned the most accomplished persons in the town . But all would not fuffice , and the Ladies aforesaid con- tinued still inflexible . To clear up which difficulty , I muft , with the reader's good leave and ...
... consequence , were justly reckoned the most accomplished persons in the town . But all would not fuffice , and the Ladies aforesaid con- tinued still inflexible . To clear up which difficulty , I muft , with the reader's good leave and ...
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