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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... these pieces , though they were intended to go down to pofterity together , the Dean was not the author , as appeared by the title - pages , but they continued undistinguished till 1742 ; and then Mr. Pope , having new claffed them ...
... these pieces , though they were intended to go down to pofterity together , the Dean was not the author , as appeared by the title - pages , but they continued undistinguished till 1742 ; and then Mr. Pope , having new claffed them ...
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... These have mutually reflected 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 ...
... These have mutually reflected 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 ...
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... these three hundred broad pieces during the whole war , his diftrefs being then very great , and his refources cut off . The zeal and activity of this gentleman for the royal cause exposed him to much danger and many fufferings ; he was ...
... these three hundred broad pieces during the whole war , his diftrefs being then very great , and his refources cut off . The zeal and activity of this gentleman for the royal cause exposed him to much danger and many fufferings ; he was ...
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... these fons she was fub- D. S. P. fifted in her old - age , as the had been before by their father and their uncles , with fuch liberality , that the declared herself not only happy but rich . 23 . It It happened , by whatever accident ...
... these fons she was fub- D. S. P. fifted in her old - age , as the had been before by their father and their uncles , with fuch liberality , that the declared herself not only happy but rich . 23 . It It happened , by whatever accident ...
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... these it appears inconteftably that he was not only employed , but trufted ; and that Harley , who is univerfally allowed to have been one of the most referved and mysterious of all politicians , was to him , in affairs of the utmost ...
... these it appears inconteftably that he was not only employed , but trufted ; and that Harley , who is univerfally allowed to have been one of the most referved and mysterious of all politicians , was to him , in affairs of the utmost ...
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