The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page x
... should be better able to bear it , The nurse however gave other teftimonies of her affection to Jonathan : for , during his ftay at Whitehaven , fhe had taught him to fpell ; and when he was five years old , he was able to read any ...
... should be better able to bear it , The nurse however gave other teftimonies of her affection to Jonathan : for , during his ftay at Whitehaven , fhe had taught him to fpell ; and when he was five years old , he was able to read any ...
Page xi
... should bereave mankind of fuch a genius , Sir William Temple ( whofe lady was related to Dr Swift's mother ) most gene- roufly ftept in to his affiftance , and avowedly supported his educa- tion at the university of Oxford . Acts of ...
... should bereave mankind of fuch a genius , Sir William Temple ( whofe lady was related to Dr Swift's mother ) most gene- roufly ftept in to his affiftance , and avowedly supported his educa- tion at the university of Oxford . Acts of ...
Page xii
... should I be ! He had scarce 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 , said the other , I ...
... should I be ! He had scarce 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 , said the other , I ...
Page xvii
... should , while he was sporting with this incident in the gaiety of his heart , pretend a mistake which never happened , or that what he meant as a jeft upon the univerfity , fhould be feriously remembered as an event of his life . Ir ...
... should , while he was sporting with this incident in the gaiety of his heart , pretend a mistake which never happened , or that what he meant as a jeft upon the univerfity , fhould be feriously remembered as an event of his life . Ir ...
Page xxiii
... should get fome benefice in the church , which he daily expect- ed , rior luftre of this young afpiring genius , who was in all refpects , not- withstanding that he agreed with the Bishop in affairs ecclefiaftical , a man of a quite ...
... should get fome benefice in the church , which he daily expect- ed , rior luftre of this young afpiring genius , who was in all refpects , not- withstanding that he agreed with the Bishop in affairs ecclefiaftical , a man of a quite ...
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