The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page xvii
... 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
... leave Sir William for fuch a reason without fevere expoftulation , not only because Swift was no refpecter of perfons , but because it appears that Sir William , though he was extremely an- gry , admitted his claim to fome provifion ...
... leave Sir William for fuch a reason without fevere expoftulation , not only because Swift was no refpecter of perfons , but because it appears that Sir William , though he was extremely an- gry , admitted his claim to fome provifion ...
Page xix
... 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 with Sir William , and declares his purpose to When ...
... 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 with Sir William , and declares his purpose to When ...
Page xxiv
... leaving his family in very deplorable circumstances . Mr Swift upon this event acquainted his fifter by meffage , ( for he would never be fo far recon- ciled as to fee her face ) , that he would allow her 20 1 . a - year during her life ...
... leaving his family in very deplorable circumstances . Mr Swift upon this event acquainted his fifter by meffage , ( for he would never be fo far recon- ciled as to fee her face ) , that he would allow her 20 1 . a - year during her life ...
Page xxv
... leaves , and the warbling of birds , threw him into fome kind of reveries , more fuitable , if any ftrefs can be laid on the general opinions of the world , to the gra- vity and fedatenefs of an older divine , than to that abundant ...
... leaves , and the warbling of birds , threw him into fome kind of reveries , more fuitable , if any ftrefs can be laid on the general opinions of the world , to the gra- vity and fedatenefs of an older divine , than to that abundant ...
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