The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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... whose pofthumous works he dedicated to his Majesty , to facili- tate the fuccefs of this application . But it does not appear , that , after the death of Sir William , the King took the leaft notice of Mr Swift * . His petition and ...
... whose pofthumous works he dedicated to his Majesty , to facili- tate the fuccefs of this application . But it does not appear , that , after the death of Sir William , the King took the leaft notice of Mr Swift * . His petition and ...
Page xxiii
... whose fortune , character , and fituation were : esteemed , by all her friends , fuitable for her in every re- fpect . He was reputed to be worth five thousand pounds . Having communicated this propofal to her brother , and finding him ...
... whose fortune , character , and fituation were : esteemed , by all her friends , fuitable for her in every re- fpect . He was reputed to be worth five thousand pounds . Having communicated this propofal to her brother , and finding him ...
Page xliii
... whose misunderstanding were justly dreaded by their friends ‡ . [ vol . 4. p . 201. ] WHEN I am much inclined to believe , that the temper of Swift might occafion his English friends to wifh him happily and proper- ly promoted , at a ...
... whose misunderstanding were justly dreaded by their friends ‡ . [ vol . 4. p . 201. ] WHEN I am much inclined to believe , that the temper of Swift might occafion his English friends to wifh him happily and proper- ly promoted , at a ...
Page liii
... whose fault it has never been to coincide implicitly with a court , pofterity muft judge for themselves . But it feems probable , that these ac- counts , however contradictory , may both be true ; and that Swift at this time might be ...
... whose fault it has never been to coincide implicitly with a court , pofterity muft judge for themselves . But it feems probable , that these ac- counts , however contradictory , may both be true ; and that Swift at this time might be ...
Page lix
... whose ambition was not to be gratified without fome uncommon degree of admiration , had acknowledged Mrs Johnson for a wife , he would on all fides have been fo perfecuted with contempt and derifion , ( as half mankind were in 1716 his ...
... whose ambition was not to be gratified without fome uncommon degree of admiration , had acknowledged Mrs Johnson for a wife , he would on all fides have been fo perfecuted with contempt and derifion , ( as half mankind were in 1716 his ...
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