The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page xvii
... true ; for these are not quite two months between the date of his teftimo- nium , and bis taking his Mafter's degree . Befides , in the letter to his uncle juft mentioned , he fays , I am " afhamed to be more obliged in a few weeks to ...
... true ; for these are not quite two months between the date of his teftimo- nium , and bis taking his Mafter's degree . Befides , in the letter to his uncle juft mentioned , he fays , I am " afhamed to be more obliged in a few weeks to ...
Page xxxii
... true interest of the public ; and therefore I am glad to . contribute what lies in my power . " [ Nov. 29. 1710 ] 44 46 ་ ་ As " for your news that Mr St John is going to Holland , he has no " fuch thoughts to quit the great ftation he ...
... true interest of the public ; and therefore I am glad to . contribute what lies in my power . " [ Nov. 29. 1710 ] 44 46 ་ ་ As " for your news that Mr St John is going to Holland , he has no " fuch thoughts to quit the great ftation he ...
Page xxxix
... true , and equally evident , that Swift had no expectations of advantage from his connection with these perfons ; that he knew they could not long preferve their power ; that he did not honour it while ilafted , and that he difdained ...
... true , and equally evident , that Swift had no expectations of advantage from his connection with these perfons ; that he knew they could not long preferve their power ; that he did not honour it while ilafted , and that he difdained ...
Page xl
... true , and that my Lord Duke of Somerfet had fo affured them . ” [ Ib . Dec. 11. ] And this behaviour of the Queen was in fact the original caufe of her making twelve Peers at once , " after she had at last been perfuaded to her own ...
... true , and that my Lord Duke of Somerfet had fo affured them . ” [ Ib . Dec. 11. ] And this behaviour of the Queen was in fact the original caufe of her making twelve Peers at once , " after she had at last been perfuaded to her own ...
Page xlviii
... true dignity of mind ; for he exacted nothing which , in his turn , he did not pay , nor asked more for himself than for others whofe pretenfions or circumftances were the fame . WHEN he was desired by Lord Oxford to introduce Dr Parnel ...
... true dignity of mind ; for he exacted nothing which , in his turn , he did not pay , nor asked more for himself than for others whofe pretenfions or circumftances were the fame . WHEN he was desired by Lord Oxford to introduce Dr Parnel ...
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