The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page xxv
... allowed to have poffeffed in the most eminent degree , he beat all his contem- ' poraries many thousands of leagues in the race of Christianity . D. S. p . 115. 116 . Swift always ufed the feweft words that could be utter THE LIFE OF DR ...
... allowed to have poffeffed in the most eminent degree , he beat all his contem- ' poraries many thousands of leagues in the race of Christianity . D. S. p . 115. 116 . Swift always ufed the feweft words that could be utter THE LIFE OF DR ...
Page xlviii
... allowed an annuity of fifty guineas to Mrs Dingley ; but instead of doing this with the parade of a bene- Lewis . I invited Mafham , Hill , Sir John Stanley , and George " Granville ; but they were engaged : and I did it in revenge of ...
... allowed an annuity of fifty guineas to Mrs Dingley ; but instead of doing this with the parade of a bene- Lewis . I invited Mafham , Hill , Sir John Stanley , and George " Granville ; but they were engaged : and I did it in revenge of ...
Page lvii
... allowed that Swift was like- ly to be always the most knowing of his company , Lord 20641 From the 1714 , till he appeared , in 1120 , a champion for Ire land againft Wood's halfpence , his fpirit of politics and of patriotifm was kept ...
... allowed that Swift was like- ly to be always the most knowing of his company , Lord 20641 From the 1714 , till he appeared , in 1120 , a champion for Ire land againft Wood's halfpence , his fpirit of politics and of patriotifm was kept ...
Page lxxiv
... allowed , that in this inftance , as in every other , the Dean's intention was upright , tho ' his judgment might be erroneous ; and , whatever cenfure his behaviour to Stella may draw upon him , it muft infure him fome praise , and ...
... allowed , that in this inftance , as in every other , the Dean's intention was upright , tho ' his judgment might be erroneous ; and , whatever cenfure his behaviour to Stella may draw upon him , it muft infure him fome praise , and ...
Page lxxxvii
... allowed them board - wages at the highest rate then known ; and if he employed them about any thing out of the ordinary courfe of their fervice , he always paid them to the full value of the work as he would have paid another . With ...
... allowed them board - wages at the highest rate then known ; and if he employed them about any thing out of the ordinary courfe of their fervice , he always paid them to the full value of the work as he would have paid another . With ...
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