The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift: 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, 1766 |
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Page 30
... seems probable that these accounts , however contradictory , may both be true , and that Swift at this time might be the Sacheverel of Ireland , followed by the mob of one faction with execrations , and by the other with fhouts of ...
... seems probable that these accounts , however contradictory , may both be true , and that Swift at this time might be the Sacheverel of Ireland , followed by the mob of one faction with execrations , and by the other with fhouts of ...
Page 49
... seems to imply that the Obfervator is alfo mistaken , when he says , that females were rarely admitted into his house , and never came but upon very particular invita- tions . The abfence of perfons whom he kept at fuch distance , and ...
... seems to imply that the Obfervator is alfo mistaken , when he says , that females were rarely admitted into his house , and never came but upon very particular invita- tions . The abfence of perfons whom he kept at fuch distance , and ...
Page 8
... seems , to whose care the education of your highness is committed , has refolved ( as I am told ) to keep you in an almost univer- fal ignorance of our ftudies , which it is your inherent birthright to infpect . It is amazing to me ...
... seems , to whose care the education of your highness is committed , has refolved ( as I am told ) to keep you in an almost univer- fal ignorance of our ftudies , which it is your inherent birthright to infpect . It is amazing to me ...
Page 33
... seems not unreasonable , that books , the children of the brain , fhould have the honour to be chriftened with variety of names , as well as other infants of quality . Our famous fible to recover feveral titles , which the author here ...
... seems not unreasonable , that books , the children of the brain , fhould have the honour to be chriftened with variety of names , as well as other infants of quality . Our famous fible to recover feveral titles , which the author here ...
Page 64
... seems this is a fhoulder of mutton all this robile . Pray , fir , fays Peter , eat your victuals , and leave off your impertinence , if you pleafe , for I am not difpofed to relish it at prefent : but the other could not forbear , being ...
... seems this is a fhoulder of mutton all this robile . Pray , fir , fays Peter , eat your victuals , and leave off your impertinence , if you pleafe , for I am not difpofed to relish it at prefent : but the other could not forbear , being ...
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