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... fhe was left a widow with one child , a daughter , and pregnant with another ; having no means of fubfiftence but an annuity of 20h which her husband had pur- chafed for her in England , immediately after his mar riage .
... fhe was left a widow with one child , a daughter , and pregnant with another ; having no means of fubfiftence but an annuity of 20h which her husband had pur- chafed for her in England , immediately after his mar riage .
Page xv
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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The fact there- fore which , Lord Orrey fays , was immediately construed to fa vour an opinion that Swift was Sir William's natural fon , appears never to have happened . Hawkef . 1 Swift tranflated for Sir William his letters out of ...
The fact there- fore which , Lord Orrey fays , was immediately construed to fa vour an opinion that Swift was Sir William's natural fon , appears never to have happened . Hawkef . 1 Swift tranflated for Sir William his letters out of ...
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Perhaps it may be thought exceed- ingly ftrange by those who admire Swift only for his wit and po- litics , that immediately after he had gone to refide in the country , he fhould begin to reflect , that he was intrufted with the cure ...
Perhaps it may be thought exceed- ingly ftrange by those who admire Swift only for his wit and po- litics , that immediately after he had gone to refide in the country , he fhould begin to reflect , that he was intrufted with the cure ...
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1711.1 as well as by all the rest of the great people in power , to whom he was immediately introduced by Mr Harley upon their first ac- quaintance , he readily enough accepted the invitation to be their friend and protector .
1711.1 as well as by all the rest of the great people in power , to whom he was immediately introduced by Mr Harley upon their first ac- quaintance , he readily enough accepted the invitation to be their friend and protector .
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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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