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 4
... 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 matter 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 matter 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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... reward was alfo offered for difcovering the author of the Public Spirit of the Whigs . D.S.227 , See vol . IX . p . 1 . and note . What Whatever excellence we poffefs , or whatever honours we obtain 18 AN ACCOUNT OF THE 1.
... reward was alfo offered for difcovering the author of the Public Spirit of the Whigs . D.S.227 , See vol . IX . p . 1 . and note . What Whatever excellence we poffefs , or whatever honours we obtain 18 AN ACCOUNT OF THE 1.
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... honours we obtain , the pleasure 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 moft it terminates , like rays collected by a burning ...
... honours we obtain , the pleasure 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 moft it terminates , like rays collected by a burning ...
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... honour it while it latted , and that he disdained pecuniary obligations . I use the ministry , fays he , like dogs , because I ex- pect they will use me fo . - I never knew a miniftry do any thing for those whom they ⚫ make companions ...
... honour it while it latted , and that he disdained pecuniary obligations . I use the ministry , fays he , like dogs , because I ex- pect they will use me fo . - I never knew a miniftry do any thing for those whom they ⚫ make companions ...
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