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DR JONATHAN SWIFT was defcended from a younger branch of an antient family of that name in Yorkshire . But the account of his family fhall be as fhort as pof- ble ; fince , ( as Lord Orrery obferves ) , though his an- ceftors were ...
DR JONATHAN SWIFT was defcended from a younger branch of an antient family of that name in Yorkshire . But the account of his family fhall be as fhort as pof- ble ; fince , ( as Lord Orrery obferves ) , though his an- ceftors were ...
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... Deane Swift , Efq ; THIS Mr Thomas Swift married Mrs Elifabeth Dry- den , of an antient family in Huntingdonshire , fifter to the father of the famous John Dryden the poet ; by whom he had ten fons and four daughters .
... Deane Swift , Efq ; THIS Mr Thomas Swift married Mrs Elifabeth Dry- den , of an antient family in Huntingdonshire , fifter to the father of the famous John Dryden the poet ; by whom he had ten fons and four daughters .
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... a mortal antipathy against standing armies in times of peace ; and was of opinion , that our liberty could never be placed upon a firm foundation , till the antient law fhould be revived , by which our parliaments were made annual .
... a mortal antipathy against standing armies in times of peace ; and was of opinion , that our liberty could never be placed upon a firm foundation , till the antient law fhould be revived , by which our parliaments were made annual .
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THIS Wotton's defence of his reflections upon antient and modern learning : from the annotation are felected the notes figned W. Wotton ; thus Wotton appears bufied to illuftrate a work , which he laboured to condemn , and adds force to ...
THIS Wotton's defence of his reflections upon antient and modern learning : from the annotation are felected the notes figned W. Wotton ; thus Wotton appears bufied to illuftrate a work , which he laboured to condemn , and adds force to ...
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For altho ' your Highnefs is hardly got clear of infancy , ñ yet The citation out of Iræneus in the title - page , which seems to be all gibberish , is a form of initiation used antiently by the Marco- fian heretics . William Wotton .
For altho ' your Highnefs is hardly got clear of infancy , ñ yet The citation out of Iræneus in the title - page , which seems to be all gibberish , is a form of initiation used antiently by the Marco- fian heretics . William Wotton .
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| Title | The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift .. Volume 1 of The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift, Jonathan Swift |
| Author | Jonathan Swift |
| Publisher | G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 4 May 2017 |
| Length | 2984 pages |
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