The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page xxix
... profperity of thefe kingdoms were the conftant aim of his polities , and the immediate fubject of his thoughts and writings . O let . - 4 . however write any political pamphlet from the year 1701 * THE LIFE OF DR SWIFT . xxix.
... profperity of thefe kingdoms were the conftant aim of his polities , and the immediate fubject of his thoughts and writings . O let . - 4 . however write any political pamphlet from the year 1701 * THE LIFE OF DR SWIFT . xxix.
Page xlix
... fubject of raillery towards him among the minifters , that he never came to them without a Whig in his fleeve . And though he does not appear to have asked any thing for himfelf , yet he often have THE LIFE OF DROS WIF T. xlix.
... fubject of raillery towards him among the minifters , that he never came to them without a Whig in his fleeve . And though he does not appear to have asked any thing for himfelf , yet he often have THE LIFE OF DROS WIF T. xlix.
Page 11
... fubject of wedlock than he had done for the preceding fourteen years ; her fpirits might have become dejected , by her frequent revolving in her mind the oddness of her fituation . If we fuppofe this to have been the cafe , it is not un ...
... fubject of wedlock than he had done for the preceding fourteen years ; her fpirits might have become dejected , by her frequent revolving in her mind the oddness of her fituation . If we fuppofe this to have been the cafe , it is not un ...
Page xc
... fubject in the decline of life . The defire of accumulating wealth almoft always increases in proportion as it becomes more abfurd ; and those are most tenacious of money to whom money can be of leaft ufe . It has been generally faid ...
... fubject in the decline of life . The defire of accumulating wealth almoft always increases in proportion as it becomes more abfurd ; and those are most tenacious of money to whom money can be of leaft ufe . It has been generally faid ...
Page xciii
... fubject of an ad- monition to the preacher as foon as he came into the chapter - houfe . [ See letter to a young clergyman , in vol . 7 . p . 170 . ] * He improved even his living of Laracor , tho ' he con- tinued there but a fhort time ...
... fubject of an ad- monition to the preacher as foon as he came into the chapter - houfe . [ See letter to a young clergyman , in vol . 7 . p . 170 . ] * He improved even his living of Laracor , tho ' he con- tinued there but a fhort time ...
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