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Page ix
... having no means of subfiftence but an annuity of 20 l . which her husband had purchared for her in England , immediately after his mar riage . In this distress she was taken with her daughter into the family of Godwin ...
... having no means of subfiftence but an annuity of 20 l . which her husband had purchared for her in England , immediately after his mar riage . In this distress she was taken with her daughter into the family of Godwin ...
Page xi
Sir William Temple's friendlhip was immediately construed to proceed fiom a consciousness , that he was the real father of Mr Swift ' ; otherwise it was thought impossible , that he could be so uncommonly munificent to a young man ...
Sir William Temple's friendlhip was immediately construed to proceed fiom a consciousness , that he was the real father of Mr Swift ' ; otherwise it was thought impossible , that he could be so uncommonly munificent to a young man ...
Page xiii
But upon Swift this punishment was not ineffectual . He dreaded the repetition of fuch a disgrace as the laft 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 disgrace as the laft evil that could befal him , and therefore immediately fet about to prevent it as the principal business of his life .
Page xviii
The fact therefore which , Lord Orrey says , was immediately construed to fa . opinion that Swift was Sir William's natural fon , appears never to have happened . Hawkef . Swift translated for Sir William his letters out of the original ...
The fact therefore which , Lord Orrey says , was immediately construed to fa . opinion that Swift was Sir William's natural fon , appears never to have happened . Hawkef . Swift translated for Sir William his letters out of the original ...
Page xxv
Perhaps it may be thought exceedingly strange by those who admire Swift only for his wit and politics , that immediately after he had gone to reside in the country , he should begin to reflect , that he was intrusted with the cure of ...
Perhaps it may be thought exceedingly strange by those who admire Swift only for his wit and politics , that immediately after he had gone to reside in the country , he should begin to reflect , that he was intrusted with the cure of ...
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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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