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Page viii
The Governor told him plea- fantly , that his coat was worth little . Why then , " faid Swift , " take my waistcoat . " This was foon found to be an useful garment by its weight ; and it is remarked by Lord Clarendon , that the King ...
The Governor told him plea- fantly , that his coat was worth little . Why then , " faid Swift , " take my waistcoat . " This was foon found to be an useful garment by its weight ; and it is remarked by Lord Clarendon , that the King ...
Page xii
He had fcafce amufed himself with this pleafing imagination , when behold the fhipmafter having come into his chamber , asked him if his name was Jonathan Swift ? who having told him it was ; Why then , faid the other , I have fomething ...
He had fcafce amufed himself with this pleafing imagination , when behold the fhipmafter having come into his chamber , asked him if his name was Jonathan Swift ? who having told him it was ; Why then , faid the other , I have fomething ...
Page xix
... told his friends , that whatever money he faved by this manner of travelling , he conftantly threw it away , as foon as he went to London , upon a fine waistcoat , or fome additional gaiety upon a fuit of cloaths . D. S. p . 99.
... told his friends , that whatever money he faved by this manner of travelling , he conftantly threw it away , as foon as he went to London , upon a fine waistcoat , or fome additional gaiety upon a fuit of cloaths . D. S. p . 99.
Page xxii
But Swift told him plainly , that he thought he had nothing to do with ecclefiaftical preferments , and rejected his overture with all imaginable difdain . D. S. p . 113 . The rich deanery of Derry was intended for Swift by Lord ...
But Swift told him plainly , that he thought he had nothing to do with ecclefiaftical preferments , and rejected his overture with all imaginable difdain . D. S. p . 113 . The rich deanery of Derry was intended for Swift by Lord ...
Page xxx
The Doctor told him modeftly , that he had read it , and that , as far as he had obferved , it was very well liked at London . Very well liked ! faid the Bishop , with some emotion ; yes , Sir , it is one of the finest tracts that ever ...
The Doctor told him modeftly , that he had read it , and that , as far as he had obferved , it was very well liked at London . Very well liked ! faid the Bishop , with some emotion ; yes , Sir , it is one of the finest tracts that ever ...
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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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