The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page ix
... rest obtained something more than a genteel competence ; though Dryden and Jonathan , who died foon after their arrival , had little to bequeath . JONATHAN at the age of about three and twenty , and before he went to Ireland , married ...
... rest obtained something more than a genteel competence ; though Dryden and Jonathan , who died foon after their arrival , had little to bequeath . JONATHAN at the age of about three and twenty , and before he went to Ireland , married ...
Page xi
... rest of the ministry : so that Dr Swift's mother , who never croffed . + In the year of the revolution , his uncle Godwin Swift had fallen into a kind of lethargy , or dotage , which deprived him by degrees of his speech and memory ...
... rest of the ministry : so that Dr Swift's mother , who never croffed . + In the year of the revolution , his uncle Godwin Swift had fallen into a kind of lethargy , or dotage , which deprived him by degrees of his speech and memory ...
Page xxxii
... rest of the great people in power , to whom he was immediately introduced by Mr Harley upon their first ac- quaintance , he readily enough accepted the invitation to be their friend and protector . " And now the publick intereft to ...
... rest of the great people in power , to whom he was immediately introduced by Mr Harley upon their first ac- quaintance , he readily enough accepted the invitation to be their friend and protector . " And now the publick intereft to ...
Page xxxiii
... rest of the ministers , who appear to have courted and caressed him , with uncommon assiduity . He dined every Saturday at Mr Harley's , with the Lord Keeper , Mr Secretary St John , and Lord Rivers . On that day no other person was for ...
... rest of the ministers , who appear to have courted and caressed him , with uncommon assiduity . He dined every Saturday at Mr Harley's , with the Lord Keeper , Mr Secretary St John , and Lord Rivers . On that day no other person was for ...
Page lvi
... rest of the company . She was however frequently invited with the Dean , whether to entertainments , or parties of plea- fures , though not so generally as if she had been his wife . She visited , and received visits , as far as the ...
... rest of the company . She was however frequently invited with the Dean , whether to entertainments , or parties of plea- fures , though not so generally as if she had been his wife . She visited , and received visits , as far as the ...
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