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He went to college , at the age of fourteen , in 1681 ; continued there feven years , as appears by his letter ; fo that he did not leave Ireland , FROM Oxford he returned again to Moorpark , where he THE LIFE OF DR SWIFT . XVI.
He went to college , at the age of fourteen , in 1681 ; continued there feven years , as appears by his letter ; fo that he did not leave Ireland , FROM Oxford he returned again to Moorpark , where he THE LIFE OF DR SWIFT . XVI.
Page xviii
IT is probable that Swift did not leave Sir William for fuch a reafon without severe expoftulation , not only because Swift was no refpecter of perfons , but because it appears that Sir William , though he was extremely an- gry ...
IT is probable that Swift did not leave Sir William for fuch a reafon without severe expoftulation , not only because Swift was no refpecter of perfons , but because it appears that Sir William , though he was extremely an- gry ...
Page xix
In this manner he went down to his mother upon his leaving Sir William , and from Leicefter he wrote a let- ter , dated June 1694 , [ in vol . 4. p . 194 ] to his cou- fin Deane Swift , then at Lisbon ; in which he relates his quarrel ...
In this manner he went down to his mother upon his leaving Sir William , and from Leicefter he wrote a let- ter , dated June 1694 , [ in vol . 4. p . 194 ] to his cou- fin Deane Swift , then at Lisbon ; in which he relates his quarrel ...
Page xxiv
After he had two or three children , he broke and died , leaving his family in very deplorable circumstances . Mr Swift upon this event acquainted his fifter by meffage , ( for he would never be fo far ...
After he had two or three children , he broke and died , leaving his family in very deplorable circumstances . Mr Swift upon this event acquainted his fifter by meffage , ( for he would never be fo far ...
Page xxv
... half in defpair of any further preferment , gallops down to Laracor ; where folitude , retirement , the fanning of leaves , and the warbling of birds , threw him into fome kind of reveries , more fuitable , if any ftrefs can be laid ...
... half in defpair of any further preferment , gallops down to Laracor ; where folitude , retirement , the fanning of leaves , and the warbling of birds , threw him into fome kind of reveries , more fuitable , if any ftrefs can be laid ...
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