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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 .
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... to visit a relation who was danger- oufly fiek , and from whom the expected a legacy , the found means to convey the child on fhipboard , without the knowledge of his mother or his uncle , and carried him with her to Whitehaven .
... to visit a relation who was danger- oufly fiek , and from whom the expected a legacy , the found means to convey the child on fhipboard , without the knowledge of his mother or his uncle , and carried him with her to Whitehaven .
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The vulgar dialect was not only a fund of humour for him , but I verily believe was acceptable to his nature ; otherwife I know not how to account for the many fil- thy ideas and indecent expreffions ( I mean indecent in point of ...
The vulgar dialect was not only a fund of humour for him , but I verily believe was acceptable to his nature ; otherwife I know not how to account for the many fil- thy ideas and indecent expreffions ( I mean indecent in point of ...
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... yet the employment to which he was invited would have been fecure . But it happened , that after he had acted as fecretary during the whole journey to Dublin , one Bufh found means to infinuate to Lord Berkeley , that the ...
... yet the employment to which he was invited would have been fecure . But it happened , that after he had acted as fecretary during the whole journey to Dublin , one Bufh found means to infinuate to Lord Berkeley , that the ...
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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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| 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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