The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volume 1C. Bathurst, 1768 |
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... allowed to have been one of the most re- ferved and myfterious of all politicians , was to him in affairs of the utmost moment open and explicit . The refult of one of their conferences fo early as the year 1710 , was to this effect ...
... allowed to have been one of the most re- ferved and myfterious of all politicians , was to him in affairs of the utmost moment open and explicit . The refult of one of their conferences fo early as the year 1710 , was to this effect ...
Page 27
... allowed an annuity of fifty guineas to Mrs. Dingley , but instead of doing this with the pa- rade of a benefactor , or gratifying his pride by ma- king her feel her dependance , he always pretended that he acted only as her agent , and ...
... allowed an annuity of fifty guineas to Mrs. Dingley , but instead of doing this with the pa- rade of a benefactor , or gratifying his pride by ma- king her feel her dependance , he always pretended that he acted only as her agent , and ...
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... allowed that Swift was likely to be always the most knowing of his company . Lord Orrery fays , that he was little acquainted with the mathematics , and ne- ver confidered the fcience except as an ob- ject of ridicule ; but the author ...
... allowed that Swift was likely to be always the most knowing of his company . Lord Orrery fays , that he was little acquainted with the mathematics , and ne- ver confidered the fcience except as an ob- ject of ridicule ; but the author ...
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... allowed that , in this in- tance , as in every other , the dean's intention was up- right , though his judgment might be errroneous ; and , and , whatever cenfure his behaviour to Stella may draw 50 AN ACCOUNT OF THE.
... allowed that , in this in- tance , as in every other , the dean's intention was up- right , though his judgment might be errroneous ; and , and , whatever cenfure his behaviour to Stella may draw 50 AN ACCOUNT OF THE.
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... allowed them board - wages at the highest rate then known ; and if he employed them about any thing out of the ordi- nary course of their fervice , he always paid them to the full value of the work , as he would have paid another with ...
... allowed them board - wages at the highest rate then known ; and if he employed them about any thing out of the ordi- nary course of their fervice , he always paid them to the full value of the work , as he would have paid another with ...
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