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Page xxxvii
... and stands like an ifthmus between the " Whigs on one fide , and violent Tories on the other . They are " able fea - men ; but the tempeft is too great , the ship too is rotten , RC " and 66 get off five or fix heads * .
... and stands like an ifthmus between the " Whigs on one fide , and violent Tories on the other . They are " able fea - men ; but the tempeft is too great , the ship too is rotten , RC " and 66 get off five or fix heads * .
Page xxxviii
66 get off five or fix heads * . " Let . to S. Feb. 18. 1710 . [ D. S. p . 319. 320. ] BUT , if Swift thought this party too precipitant , it is certain he thought Lord Oxford too flow ; and he once told him fo in a manner that thews ...
66 get off five or fix heads * . " Let . to S. Feb. 18. 1710 . [ D. S. p . 319. 320. ] BUT , if Swift thought this party too precipitant , it is certain he thought Lord Oxford too flow ; and he once told him fo in a manner that thews ...
Page xli
I told Lord Treasurer , I fhould have the advantage " of him , for he would lofe his head , and I fhould only be hanged , " and fo carry my body entire to the grave . " [ Dec. 8 ] -And fhortly after talking of thefe affairs , " Here are ...
I told Lord Treasurer , I fhould have the advantage " of him , for he would lofe his head , and I fhould only be hanged , " and fo carry my body entire to the grave . " [ Dec. 8 ] -And fhortly after talking of thefe affairs , " Here are ...
Page xlvii
... and not put me in pain to guess " by the change or coldnefs of his countenance or be- " haviour ; for it was what I would hardly bear from a " crowned head , and I thought no fubject's favour was " worth it .
... and not put me in pain to guess " by the change or coldnefs of his countenance or be- " haviour ; for it was what I would hardly bear from a " crowned head , and I thought no fubject's favour was " worth it .
Page lii
... with this increase of wealth , and with heads and hearts elated by affluence , and unre ftrained by forefight or difcretion , the widow Vanhomrigh and ber two daughters quitted the luxurious foil of their native co country , for the ...
... with this increase of wealth , and with heads and hearts elated by affluence , and unre ftrained by forefight or difcretion , the widow Vanhomrigh and ber two daughters quitted the luxurious foil of their native co country , for the ...
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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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