The Works of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift ...C. Bathurst, W. Strahan, 1784 |
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Page 120
... feven hundred forty and three perfons : which , by modeft com- putation , is reckoned to be pretty near the current number of wits , in this ifland . These are to be difpofed into the several schools of this academy , and there purfue ...
... feven hundred forty and three perfons : which , by modeft com- putation , is reckoned to be pretty near the current number of wits , in this ifland . These are to be difpofed into the several schools of this academy , and there purfue ...
Page 147
... feven years , any far- ther than by taking notice , that they carefully ob- served their father's will , and kept their coats in very good order : that they travelled through several coun- tries , encountered a reasonable quantity of ...
... feven years , any far- ther than by taking notice , that they carefully ob- served their father's will , and kept their coats in very good order : that they travelled through several coun- tries , encountered a reasonable quantity of ...
Page 247
... feven years , in feven chambers , with a command to write feven ample commentaries , on this compre- henfive difcourfe . I fhall venture to affirm , that whatever difference may be found in their several conjectures , they will be all ...
... feven years , in feven chambers , with a command to write feven ample commentaries , on this compre- henfive difcourfe . I fhall venture to affirm , that whatever difference may be found in their several conjectures , they will be all ...
Page 249
... feven , and divided by nine . Alfo , if a devout brother of the rofy cross , will pray fervently for sixty - three morn- ings , with a lively faith , and then transpose certain letters and fyllables , according to prescription in the ...
... feven , and divided by nine . Alfo , if a devout brother of the rofy cross , will pray fervently for sixty - three morn- ings , with a lively faith , and then transpose certain letters and fyllables , according to prescription in the ...
Page 260
... feven a - clock , as , with much ado , I was driving off the great Turk . Neighbours , mind , this broken head deferves a plaifter ; had poor Jack been tender of his noddle , you would have feen the pope , and the French king , long be ...
... feven a - clock , as , with much ado , I was driving off the great Turk . Neighbours , mind , this broken head deferves a plaifter ; had poor Jack been tender of his noddle , you would have feen the pope , and the French king , long be ...
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