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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... light upon each other , afcertain- ed controverted facts , and rectified mistakes , which , if they had ftill been traditional and oral , would still have been believed . Several little incidents , which fhewed the peculiarities of his ...
... light upon each other , afcertain- ed controverted facts , and rectified mistakes , which , if they had ftill been traditional and oral , would still have been believed . Several little incidents , which fhewed the peculiarities of his ...
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... light , becomes fenfible only by re- flection . Thus Swift , while he was courted and ca- ressed by those whom others were making interest to approach , feems to have enjoyed his diftinction only in- proportion as it was participated ...
... light , becomes fenfible only by re- flection . Thus Swift , while he was courted and ca- ressed by those whom others were making interest to approach , feems to have enjoyed his diftinction only in- proportion as it was participated ...
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... light that made them confpicuous to others . Let it therefore be recorded , to the honour of Dr. Swift , and to animate others by his example and re- ward , that , during his connexion with those who were in the highest rank , and who ...
... light that made them confpicuous to others . Let it therefore be recorded , to the honour of Dr. Swift , and to animate others by his example and re- ward , that , during his connexion with those who were in the highest rank , and who ...
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... spite Caft in his dart , which made three moidores light : And when he saw his darling money fail , Blew his last breath , to fink the lighter fcale . Addrefs i Addrefs of the Inhabitants of the Liberty of the Dean VERSES , & 73.
... spite Caft in his dart , which made three moidores light : And when he saw his darling money fail , Blew his last breath , to fink the lighter fcale . Addrefs i Addrefs of the Inhabitants of the Liberty of the Dean VERSES , & 73.
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... light a pretence to allow a man to affign a name in public . He condemns a book , and confequently the author , of whom he is utterly ignorant , yet at the fame time fixes , in print , what he thinks a difadvantageous character upon ...
... light a pretence to allow a man to affign a name in public . He condemns a book , and confequently the author , of whom he is utterly ignorant , yet at the fame time fixes , in print , what he thinks a difadvantageous character upon ...
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