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Swift always ufed the feweft words that could be utter ed on the occafion ; but he pronounced them with an emphafis and fervour which every one around him faw and felt , and with his hands clafped in each other , and lifted to his ...
Swift always ufed the feweft words that could be utter ed on the occafion ; but he pronounced them with an emphafis and fervour which every one around him faw and felt , and with his hands clafped in each other , and lifted to his ...
Page xxxi
And upon this occafion his acquaintance with Harley commenced 1 . As foon as he had received the Bishop's letter , in- ftructions , and authority , he refolved to apply to Mr Harley , not only because he was a principal perfon in the ...
And upon this occafion his acquaintance with Harley commenced 1 . As foon as he had received the Bishop's letter , in- ftructions , and authority , he refolved to apply to Mr Harley , not only because he was a principal perfon in the ...
Page xxxiv
Prior came in after dinner ; and upon an occafion " he [ the Secretary ] faid , the best thing he ever read is not yours , " fays he , but Dr Swift's on Vanbrugh [ in vol . 6. p . 76. ] ; " which I do not reckon so very good neither ...
Prior came in after dinner ; and upon an occafion " he [ the Secretary ] faid , the best thing he ever read is not yours , " fays he , but Dr Swift's on Vanbrugh [ in vol . 6. p . 76. ] ; " which I do not reckon so very good neither ...
Page xliii
WHEN I am much inclined to believe , that the temper of Swift might occafion his English friends to wifh him happily and proper- ly promoted , at a distance . His fpirit , for I would give it the fofteft name , was ever untractable .
WHEN I am much inclined to believe , that the temper of Swift might occafion his English friends to wifh him happily and proper- ly promoted , at a distance . His fpirit , for I would give it the fofteft name , was ever untractable .
Page xlv
Ir happened upon fome occafion , that Harley fent him a bank - bill of 50 1. by his private fecretary Mr Lewis` ; which Swift inftantly returned , with a letter of expo- ftulation and complaint . Harley invited him to dine , but he ...
Ir happened upon fome occafion , that Harley fent him a bank - bill of 50 1. by his private fecretary Mr Lewis` ; which Swift inftantly returned , with a letter of expo- ftulation and complaint . Harley invited him to dine , but he ...
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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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