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Page 44
The weavers always confidered him as their patron and legislator , after his propofal for the ufe of Irish manufactures , and came frequently in a body to receive his advice in fettling the rates of their ftuffs , and the wages of their ...
The weavers always confidered him as their patron and legislator , after his propofal for the ufe of Irish manufactures , and came frequently in a body to receive his advice in fettling the rates of their ftuffs , and the wages of their ...
Page 57
... his left eye fwelled to the size of an egg , and the lid appeared to be fo much inflamed and discoloured , that the furgeon expected it to mortify ; feveral large boils alfo broke out on his arms and his body .
... his left eye fwelled to the size of an egg , and the lid appeared to be fo much inflamed and discoloured , that the furgeon expected it to mortify ; feveral large boils alfo broke out on his arms and his body .
Page 58
... upon opening his body , it appeared 97,98 . that he was not mistaken ; but , though he J.R. 149. often entreated the dean's friends and phyficians that his head might be trepanned and the water discharged , no regard was paid to his ...
... upon opening his body , it appeared 97,98 . that he was not mistaken ; but , though he J.R. 149. often entreated the dean's friends and phyficians that his head might be trepanned and the water discharged , no regard was paid to his ...
Page 65
... lieth the body of Alexander Magee , fervant to doctor Swift ; dean of St. Patrick's . His grateful master caused this monument to be e rected in memory of his difcretion , fidelity , and dili gence in that humble ftation . Ob . Mar.
... lieth the body of Alexander Magee , fervant to doctor Swift ; dean of St. Patrick's . His grateful master caused this monument to be e rected in memory of his difcretion , fidelity , and dili gence in that humble ftation . Ob . Mar.
Page 68
There are fome infirmities to which the mind as well as the body naturally becomes fubject in the decline of life . The defire of accumulating wealth almost always increafes in proportion as it becomes more abfurd , and thofe are moft ...
There are fome infirmities to which the mind as well as the body naturally becomes fubject in the decline of life . The defire of accumulating wealth almost always increafes in proportion as it becomes more abfurd , and thofe are moft ...
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| Title | The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift Volume 1 of 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, Jonathan Swift The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth |
| Author | Jonathan Swift |
| Editors | John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift |
| Publisher | W. Bowyer, 1768 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 17 Feb 2009 |
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