The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page vii
... She is faid to have been ex- tremely capricious and ill - natured , and to have difin- herited her fon Thomas , an only child , merely for rob- bing an orchard when he was a boy . But however this be , it is certain , that except a ...
... She is faid to have been ex- tremely capricious and ill - natured , and to have difin- herited her fon Thomas , an only child , merely for rob- bing an orchard when he was a boy . But however this be , it is certain , that except a ...
Page ix
... She was of a generous and hofpitable 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 ...
... She was of a generous and hofpitable 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 ...
Page x
... she was fubfifted in her old age , as the had been be- fore by their father and their uncles , with fuch libera- lity , that the declared herself not only happy , but rich . [ D. S. p . 23. ] IT happened , by whatever accident , that ...
... she was fubfifted in her old age , as the had been be- fore by their father and their uncles , with fuch libera- lity , that the declared herself not only happy , but rich . [ D. S. p . 23. ] IT happened , by whatever accident , that ...
Page xxiii
... she could not support herself on her 300 1. On which her brother affured her , that he would never fee her want the neceffaries or the conveniencies of life ; and as a further proof to convince her that his regards were truly ...
... she could not support herself on her 300 1. On which her brother affured her , that he would never fee her want the neceffaries or the conveniencies of life ; and as a further proof to convince her that his regards were truly ...
Page xxiv
... She accordingly went to Eng- land , where the conftantly received her annuity till her death . [ D. S. p . 101. - 104 . O. let . 3. ] IN 1699 , Swift had like to have burnt the castle of Dublin , and Lord Berkeley in the midst of it ...
... She accordingly went to Eng- land , where the conftantly received her annuity till her death . [ D. S. p . 101. - 104 . O. let . 3. ] IN 1699 , Swift had like to have burnt the castle of Dublin , and Lord Berkeley in the midst of it ...
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