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Page vii
His father William Swift , rector of St Andrew's in Canterbury , married the heiress of Philpot ; who con- trived to keep her eftate , which was very confider- able , in her own hands . She is faid to have been ex- tremely capricious ...
His father William Swift , rector of St Andrew's in Canterbury , married the heiress of Philpot ; who con- trived to keep her eftate , which was very confider- able , in her own hands . She is faid to have been ex- tremely capricious ...
Page xi
This account of his birth is taken from that which he left behind him in his own hand - writing ; and while he lived , he was fo far from seriously denying or concealing his being a native of Ireland , that he often mentioned , and even ...
This account of his birth is taken from that which he left behind him in his own hand - writing ; and while he lived , he was fo far from seriously denying or concealing his being a native of Ireland , that he often mentioned , and even ...
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 xvi
But feveral copious extracts from Cyprian , Irenæus , Sleidan's Commentaries , and Padre Paolo's hiftory of the council of Trent , were found among his papers , which appear , by memorandums in his own hand - writing , to have been made ...
But feveral copious extracts from Cyprian , Irenæus , Sleidan's Commentaries , and Padre Paolo's hiftory of the council of Trent , were found among his papers , which appear , by memorandums in his own hand - writing , to have been made ...
Page xxvi
Swift always ufed the feweft words that could be utter ed on the occafion ; but he pronounced them with an emphafis and fervour which every one around him faw and felt , and with his hands clafped in each other , and lifted to his ...
Swift always ufed the feweft words that could be utter ed on the occafion ; but he pronounced them with an emphafis and fervour which every one around him faw and felt , and with his hands clafped in each other , and lifted to his ...
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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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