The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...: Accurately Revised ... Adorned with Copper-plates; with Some Account of the Author's Life, and Notes Historical and Explanatory, Volume 1C. Pathurst, 1754 |
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... honour of her lineage , her fortune was fmall , and about two years after her marriage , fhe was left a widow with one child , a daughter , and pregnant with another , having no means of fubfiftence but an annuity of twenty pounds which ...
... honour of her lineage , her fortune was fmall , and about two years after her marriage , fhe was left a widow with one child , a daughter , and pregnant with another , having no means of fubfiftence but an annuity of twenty pounds which ...
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... honour- ed with the confidence and familiarity of king William . His father , fir John Temple , had been master of the Rolls in Ireland and contracted an intimate friendship with Godwin Swift which continued till his death , and fir ...
... honour- ed with the confidence and familiarity of king William . His father , fir John Temple , had been master of the Rolls in Ireland and contracted an intimate friendship with Godwin Swift which continued till his death , and fir ...
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... honours we obtain , the pleasure which they pro- duce is all relative to fome particular favourite with whom we are tenderly connected , either by friendship or by love ; or at most it terminates , like rays col- lected by a burning ...
... honours we obtain , the pleasure which they pro- duce is all relative to fome particular favourite with whom we are tenderly connected , either by friendship or by love ; or at most it terminates , like rays col- lected by a burning ...
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... honour it while it lafted , and that he difdained pecuniary obligations . I use the miniftry fays he like dogs , because I expect they will use me fo . - I never knew a mini- stry do any thing for those whom they make companions of ...
... honour it while it lafted , and that he difdained pecuniary obligations . I use the miniftry fays he like dogs , because I expect they will use me fo . - I never knew a mini- stry do any thing for those whom they make companions of ...
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... honour of Dr. Swift , and to animate others by his example and reward , that during his connexion with those who were in the highest rank , and who in every rank would have been great , he would never fuffer himself to be treated but as ...
... honour of Dr. Swift , and to animate others by his example and reward , that during his connexion with those who were in the highest rank , and who in every rank would have been great , he would never fuffer himself to be treated but as ...
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