The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Accurately Revised, in Twelve Volumes. Adorned with Copper-plates; with Some Account of the Author's Life, and Notes Historical and Explanatory, Volume 1C. Bathurst, J. Rivington, W. Strahan, B. Collins, J. Hinton, J. Dodsley, L. Davis and C. Reymers, R. Baldwin, and W. Bowyer., 1766 |
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... honour of her lineage , her fortune was fmall , and , about two years after her marriage , she was left a widow with one child , a daughter , and pregnant with another , having no means of fubfiftence but an annuity of twenty pounds ...
... honour of her lineage , her fortune was fmall , and , about two years after her marriage , she was left a widow with one child , a daughter , and pregnant with another , having no means of fubfiftence but an annuity of twenty pounds ...
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... honoured with the confidence and familiarity of king William . His father , fir John Temple , had been maiter of the Rolls in Ireland , and contracted an inti- mate friendship with Godwin Swift , which continued till his death , and fir ...
... honoured with the confidence and familiarity of king William . His father , fir John Temple , had been maiter of the Rolls in Ireland , and contracted an inti- mate friendship with Godwin Swift , which continued till his death , and fir ...
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... of parliament ; a reward was alfo offered for difcovering the author of the Public Spirit of the Whigs . See vol . IX . p . I. and note . Whate i Whatever excellence we poffefs , or whatever honours we obtain 18 AN ACCOUNT OF THE.
... of parliament ; a reward was alfo offered for difcovering the author of the Public Spirit of the Whigs . See vol . IX . p . I. and note . Whate i Whatever excellence we poffefs , or whatever honours we obtain 18 AN ACCOUNT OF THE.
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... honours we obtain , the pleafure which they produce is all rela- tive to fome particular favourite , with whom we are tenderly connected , either by friendship or by love ; or at most it terminates , like rays collected by a burning ...
... honours we obtain , the pleafure which they produce is all rela- tive to fome particular favourite , with whom we are tenderly connected , either by friendship or by love ; or at most it terminates , like rays collected by a burning ...
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... honour it while it laited , and that he difdained pecuniary obligations . • I use the ministry , fays he , like dogs , because I ex- pect they will ufe me fo . - I never knew a miniftry do any thing for thofe whom they make companions ...
... honour it while it laited , and that he difdained pecuniary obligations . • I use the ministry , fays he , like dogs , because I ex- pect they will ufe me fo . - I never knew a miniftry do any thing for thofe whom they make companions ...
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