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Page vii
Fielding foon diffi- pated his wife's patrimony ; and that of her fifter being transferred to the family of Lord Eglington , the princi- pal eftate of the Swifts was divided ...
Fielding foon diffi- pated his wife's patrimony ; and that of her fifter being transferred to the family of Lord Eglington , the princi- pal eftate of the Swifts was divided ...
Page viii
This was foon found to be an useful garment by its weight ; and it is remarked by Lord Clarendon , that the King received no fupply more feasonable or acceptable than thefe 300 broad pieces during the whole war , his diftrefs being then ...
This was foon found to be an useful garment by its weight ; and it is remarked by Lord Clarendon , that the King received no fupply more feasonable or acceptable than thefe 300 broad pieces during the whole war , his diftrefs being then ...
Page ix
Godwin foon became wealthy ; and the rest obtained fomething more than a genteel competence ; though Dryden and Jonathan , who died foon after their arrival , ' had little to bequeath . } JONATHAN at the age of about three and twenty ...
Godwin foon became wealthy ; and the rest obtained fomething more than a genteel competence ; though Dryden and Jonathan , who died foon after their arrival , ' had little to bequeath . } JONATHAN at the age of about three and twenty ...
Page xv
The facrifice of the future to the prefent , whether it be a folly or a fault , is feldom unpunished ; and Swift foon found himself in the fitua- tion of a man who had burned his bed to warm his hands ; for , at the end of four years ...
The facrifice of the future to the prefent , whether it be a folly or a fault , is feldom unpunished ; and Swift foon found himself in the fitua- tion of a man who had burned his bed to warm his hands ; for , at the end of four years ...
Page xix
... that whatever money he faved by this manner of travelling , he conftantly threw it away , as foon as he went to London , upon a fine waistcoat , or fome additional gaiety upon a fuit of cloaths . D. S. p . 99.
... that whatever money he faved by this manner of travelling , he conftantly threw it away , as foon as he went to London , upon a fine waistcoat , or fome additional gaiety upon a fuit of cloaths . D. S. p . 99.
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