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The family of this lady was descend- ed from Erick the Forefter , who raised an army to op- pofe William the Conqueror ; by whom he was van- quifhed , and afterwards made commander of his forces . But whatever was the honour of her ...
The family of this lady was descend- ed from Erick the Forefter , who raised an army to op- pofe William the Conqueror ; by whom he was van- quifhed , and afterwards made commander of his forces . But whatever was the honour of her ...
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Honour , or , to use a properer word , pride hindered him from staying long in a state of servility and contempt . Orrery , let . 3 . Here was another disappointment , and a fresh object of indig . nation . The treatment was thought ...
Honour , or , to use a properer word , pride hindered him from staying long in a state of servility and contempt . Orrery , let . 3 . Here was another disappointment , and a fresh object of indig . nation . The treatment was thought ...
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However , it is by no means improbable , that Swift's prodigious talents , which appear throughout his whole life to have been dreaded by all his contemporaries , not excepting even thole minifters , who were defirous to have the honour ...
However , it is by no means improbable , that Swift's prodigious talents , which appear throughout his whole life to have been dreaded by all his contemporaries , not excepting even thole minifters , who were defirous to have the honour ...
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The gentleman had more honour than to promife what he could not perform ; and fo the match was broken off . D. S. p . 87.89 . - See Lord Orrery's account of this lady , and of Dr Swift's correfpondence with her , in vol . 4. p .
The gentleman had more honour than to promife what he could not perform ; and fo the match was broken off . D. S. p . 87.89 . - See Lord Orrery's account of this lady , and of Dr Swift's correfpondence with her , in vol . 4. p .
Page xxix
Yet it may be afferted , and will redound to the honour of Dr Swift , that when he rofe into the confidence and efteem of thofe great men who fat at the helm of affairs during the laft years of Q. Anne's reign , he searce ever loft ...
Yet it may be afferted , and will redound to the honour of Dr Swift , that when he rofe into the confidence and efteem of thofe great men who fat at the helm of affairs during the laft years of Q. Anne's reign , he searce ever loft ...
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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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