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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... an advertise- ment published O & . 15 , 1754 , calls himself the editor as well as publisher of the Dublin edi- tion , and the Dean has often renounced the un- dertaking dertaking in express terms . In his letter to Mr. xiv THE PREFACE .
... an advertise- ment published O & . 15 , 1754 , calls himself the editor as well as publisher of the Dublin edi- tion , and the Dean has often renounced the un- dertaking dertaking in express terms . In his letter to Mr. xiv THE PREFACE .
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... tion , was very averfe , by the advice of fome end , and weak people , who perfuaded the earl of Port- xxiv . be- land , that Charles the First loft his crown and ginning . life by confenting to fuch a bill . Upon this oc- cafion the ...
... tion , was very averfe , by the advice of fome end , and weak people , who perfuaded the earl of Port- xxiv . be- land , that Charles the First loft his crown and ginning . life by confenting to fuch a bill . Upon this oc- cafion the ...
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... tion he was feized with the return of a dif- order , which he had contracted in Ireland by eating a great quantity of fruit ; and upon this occafion returned thither by the advice of his phyficians , who hoped that his native air would ...
... tion he was feized with the return of a dif- order , which he had contracted in Ireland by eating a great quantity of fruit ; and upon this occafion returned thither by the advice of his phyficians , who hoped that his native air would ...
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... tion , a paffion which by frequent converse was softened into complacency , and complacency was at length im- proved into love . Love itself , perhaps , was in this cafe complicated with vanity , which would have been highly gratified ...
... tion , a paffion which by frequent converse was softened into complacency , and complacency was at length im- proved into love . Love itself , perhaps , was in this cafe complicated with vanity , which would have been highly gratified ...
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... tion of expreffing it in fuch a manner , as might correct the enormities which he expofed , and with this view immediately began his Travels , of which the firft copy was , probably , finished before the year 1720 . About this time the ...
... tion of expreffing it in fuch a manner , as might correct the enormities which he expofed , and with this view immediately began his Travels , of which the firft copy was , probably , finished before the year 1720 . About this time the ...
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