The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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... nature displayed in a beautiful , but fingular and uncommon view . We are fond of being introduced into a fort of acquaintance with fuch perfons , which may compenfate the lofs of our not having been of the number of their ...
... nature displayed in a beautiful , but fingular and uncommon view . We are fond of being introduced into a fort of acquaintance with fuch perfons , which may compenfate the lofs of our not having been of the number of their ...
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... nature , very exact in all the duties of religion , attended the public worship ge-- nerally twice a - day , was a very early rifer , and was always dreffed for the whole day at about fix o'clock in the morning . Her chief amusements ...
... nature , very exact in all the duties of religion , attended the public worship ge-- nerally twice a - day , was a very early rifer , and was always dreffed for the whole day at about fix o'clock in the morning . Her chief amusements ...
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... good part of it . But from that time for- ward , he declared that he became a better œconomist , and never was without fome little money in his pocket . D. S. p . 94. 55 . mic ftudy , to which he was not by nature xii An A CCOUNT OF.
... good part of it . But from that time for- ward , he declared that he became a better œconomist , and never was without fome little money in his pocket . D. S. p . 94. 55 . mic ftudy , to which he was not by nature xii An A CCOUNT OF.
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Jonathan Swift. mic ftudy , to which he was not by nature much inclined , and apply himself wholly to books of ... natural philofophy , unless to turn them into ridicule . Orrery , lét . 1 . + Ambition could scarce have met with a ...
Jonathan Swift. mic ftudy , to which he was not by nature much inclined , and apply himself wholly to books of ... natural philofophy , unless to turn them into ridicule . Orrery , lét . 1 . + Ambition could scarce have met with a ...
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... nature ; otherwife I know not how to account for the many fil- thy ideas and indecent expreffions ( 1 mean indecent in point of cleanliness and delicacy ) that will be found throughout his works ‡ . In this manner he went down to his ...
... nature ; otherwife I know not how to account for the many fil- thy ideas and indecent expreffions ( 1 mean indecent in point of cleanliness and delicacy ) that will be found throughout his works ‡ . In this manner he went down to his ...
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