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He had been frequently heard to fay , when the people of Ireland difpleafed him , “ I " am not of this vile country , I am an Englishman ; " and would infift , that he was stolen from England when a child , and brought over to Ireland ...
He had been frequently heard to fay , when the people of Ireland difpleafed him , “ I " am not of this vile country , I am an Englishman ; " and would infift , that he was stolen from England when a child , and brought over to Ireland ...
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It is ( fays Lord Orrery ) a kind of disho- nourable degree ; and the record of it , notwithstanding Dr Swift's prefent established character throughout , the learned world , muft for ever remain against him in the academical register ...
It is ( fays Lord Orrery ) a kind of disho- nourable degree ; and the record of it , notwithstanding Dr Swift's prefent established character throughout , the learned world , muft for ever remain against him in the academical register ...
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after he had received it : " I am ftill , " fays he , " to thank you for your care in .66 my teftimonium ; and it was to very good purpose , for I was never more fatisfied than in the behaviour of ..the The certificate of his degree is ...
after he had received it : " I am ftill , " fays he , " to thank you for your care in .66 my teftimonium ; and it was to very good purpose , for I was never more fatisfied than in the behaviour of ..the The certificate of his degree is ...
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I But the contrary is inconteftably true ; for these are not quite two months between the date of his teftimo- nium , and his taking his Mafter's degree . Befides , in the letter to his uncle juft mentioned , he fays , " I am " afhamed ...
I But the contrary is inconteftably true ; for these are not quite two months between the date of his teftimo- nium , and his taking his Mafter's degree . Befides , in the letter to his uncle juft mentioned , he fays , " I am " afhamed ...
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The fact there- fore which , Lord Orrey fays , was immediately construed to fa vour an opinion that Swift was Sir William's natural fon , appears never to have happened . Hawkef . 1 Swift tranflated for Sir William his letters out of ...
The fact there- fore which , Lord Orrey fays , was immediately construed to fa vour an opinion that Swift was Sir William's natural fon , appears never to have happened . Hawkef . 1 Swift tranflated for Sir William his letters out of ...
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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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