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Page vi
... conver- fation and domeftic life , not unentertaining , an abridge- ment of these is annexed . On the whole , nothing has been omitted that might ferve to make our readers ac- quainted with all the characteristical peculiarities of this ...
... conver- fation and domeftic life , not unentertaining , an abridge- ment of these is annexed . On the whole , nothing has been omitted that might ferve to make our readers ac- quainted with all the characteristical peculiarities of this ...
Page ix
... converfation was extremely polite , chearful , and agreeable . She was of a generous and hospitable nature , very exact in all the duties of religion , attended the public worship ge- nerally twice a day , was a very early rifer , and ...
... converfation was extremely polite , chearful , and agreeable . She was of a generous and hospitable nature , very exact in all the duties of religion , attended the public worship ge- nerally twice a day , was a very early rifer , and ...
Page xviii
... converfation of Sir William , who was minutely acquainted with all the intricacies of party , and the fecrets of ftate , during the reigns of K. Charles II . and K. James II . Swift greatly increased his political knowledge . But having ...
... converfation of Sir William , who was minutely acquainted with all the intricacies of party , and the fecrets of ftate , during the reigns of K. Charles II . and K. James II . Swift greatly increased his political knowledge . But having ...
Page xx
... converfation of Swift , foon found that he could not be content to live without him ; he therefore urged him to refign his prebend in favour of a friend , and promised to obtain preferment for him in England , if he would return + ...
... converfation of Swift , foon found that he could not be content to live without him ; he therefore urged him to refign his prebend in favour of a friend , and promised to obtain preferment for him in England , if he would return + ...
Page xxvii
... converfation , were not to be refifted by a gen- tleman of wit and learning , who was an intimate friend of the Doctor , and with whom he had frequently converfed . This gen- tleman declared his paffion , and made her propofals of ...
... converfation , were not to be refifted by a gen- tleman of wit and learning , who was an intimate friend of the Doctor , and with whom he had frequently converfed . This gen- tleman declared his paffion , and made her propofals of ...
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