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... or an Earl , A Duchess or a kitchen - girl . With fuch dexterity you fit Their fevral talents with your wit , That Moll the chambermaid can fmoke , And Gahagan take ev'ry joke . vol . 6 , p . 380 . However , the Doctor hath ...
... or an Earl , A Duchess or a kitchen - girl . With fuch dexterity you fit Their fevral talents with your wit , That Moll the chambermaid can fmoke , And Gahagan take ev'ry joke . vol . 6 , p . 380 . However , the Doctor hath ...
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Such at leaft is the account that he gives to Mr Gay , in his letter dated January 81722-3 I was " three years , " fays he , reconciling myfelf to the " fcene and business to which fortune hath condemned " me ; and stupidity was what I ...
Such at leaft is the account that he gives to Mr Gay , in his letter dated January 81722-3 I was " three years , " fays he , reconciling myfelf to the " fcene and business to which fortune hath condemned " me ; and stupidity was what I ...
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I fhall however remark fome few particulars , without venturing to attempt the delineation of a character , which hath entirely baffled all endeavours hitherto made , either by friends or ene- mies . SWIFT's natural temper feems to have ...
I fhall however remark fome few particulars , without venturing to attempt the delineation of a character , which hath entirely baffled all endeavours hitherto made , either by friends or ene- mies . SWIFT's natural temper feems to have ...
Page cxvii
F we confider Swift's profe works , we fhall find a cer tain masterly conciseness in their style that hath never been equalled by any other writer . The truth of this as- fertion will more evidently appear , by comparing him with fome ...
F we confider Swift's profe works , we fhall find a cer tain masterly conciseness in their style that hath never been equalled by any other writer . The truth of this as- fertion will more evidently appear , by comparing him with fome ...
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... however envenomed the mouths may be that dif- charge them ? He hath feen the productions but of two` anfwerers , one of which at first appeared as from an un- known hand , but fince avowed by a perfon † , who upon fome ...
... however envenomed the mouths may be that dif- charge them ? He hath feen the productions but of two` anfwerers , one of which at first appeared as from an un- known hand , but fince avowed by a perfon † , who upon fome ...
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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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