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T HE lives of eminent men have always been e fteemed the most valuable part of history , both for entertainment and inftruction . Accounts of fuch perfons efpecially , as befides their merit , have been diftinguished by any remarkable ...
T HE lives of eminent men have always been e fteemed the most valuable part of history , both for entertainment and inftruction . Accounts of fuch perfons efpecially , as befides their merit , have been diftinguished by any remarkable ...
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As this is the most accurate and best digested account we have feen , we have given it entire to our readers . Some o- miffions in it are supplied , and a variety of notes added , containing fuch anecdotes , or different relations of ...
As this is the most accurate and best digested account we have feen , we have given it entire to our readers . Some o- miffions in it are supplied , and a variety of notes added , containing fuch anecdotes , or different relations of ...
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But , in the hidft of this distressful situation , as if it was ordained that no in- cident fhould bereave mankind of fuch a genius , Sir William Temple ( whofe lady was related to Dr Swift's mother ) most gene- roufly ftept in to his ...
But , in the hidft of this distressful situation , as if it was ordained that no in- cident fhould bereave mankind of fuch a genius , Sir William Temple ( whofe lady was related to Dr Swift's mother ) most gene- roufly ftept in to his ...
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THE duties of the church , which he thus rendered more frequent , he performed with the utmost punctuality , and the most rational devotion . He was indeed devout , not only in his public and folemn addreffes to God , but in ...
THE duties of the church , which he thus rendered more frequent , he performed with the utmost punctuality , and the most rational devotion . He was indeed devout , not only in his public and folemn addreffes to God , but in ...
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WHATEVER excellence we poffefs , or whatever honours we obtain , the pleasure which they produce , is all rela- tive to fome particular favourite , with whom we are tenderly connected , either by friendship or by love ; or , at most ...
WHATEVER excellence we poffefs , or whatever honours we obtain , the pleasure which they produce , is all rela- tive to fome particular favourite , with whom we are tenderly connected , either by friendship or by love ; or , at most ...
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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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