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Accounts of fuch perfons efpecially , as befides their merit , have been diftinguished by any remarkable peculiarities of charac- ter or genius , juftly command the public attention . There is a pleasure in feeing human nature displayed ...
Accounts of fuch perfons efpecially , as befides their merit , have been diftinguished by any remarkable peculiarities of charac- ter or genius , juftly command the public attention . There is a pleasure in feeing human nature displayed ...
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238 ] he was thought to have received fuch favours from Sir William as he could not be fuppofed to bestow upon a person to whom he was not related , and but diftantly related to his wife + . However , fuch a relation between Sir William ...
238 ] he was thought to have received fuch favours from Sir William as he could not be fuppofed to bestow upon a person to whom he was not related , and but diftantly related to his wife + . However , fuch a relation between Sir William ...
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BUT upon Swift this punishment was not ineffectual . He dreaded the repetition of fuch a difgrace as the last evil that could befal him , and therefore immediately fet about to prevent it as the principal business of his life .
BUT upon Swift this punishment was not ineffectual . He dreaded the repetition of fuch a difgrace as the last evil that could befal him , and therefore immediately fet about to prevent it as the principal business of his life .
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It is therefore probable , that , by the influence of Swift's uncle , they were omit- ted in the copy which he procured and fent ; especially as fome fuch favour feems to be intimated in Swift's let- ter to him , [ in vol . 4. p . 197. ] ...
It is therefore probable , that , by the influence of Swift's uncle , they were omit- ted in the copy which he procured and fent ; especially as fome fuch favour feems to be intimated in Swift's let- ter to him , [ in vol . 4. p . 197. ] ...
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IT is probable that Swift did not leave Sir William for fuch a reafon without severe expoftulation , not only because Swift was no refpecter of perfons , but because it appears that Sir William , though he was extremely an- gry ...
IT is probable that Swift did not leave Sir William for fuch a reafon without severe expoftulation , not only because Swift was no refpecter of perfons , but because it appears that Sir William , though he was extremely an- gry ...
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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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