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... o : chard when he was a boy ; but however this be , it is certain , that except a church or chapter leafe y hich was not renewed , Thomas never poffeffed more * than 1 Sketch . than one hundred pounds a , year ; 2 AN ACCOUNT OF THE.
... o : chard when he was a boy ; but however this be , it is certain , that except a church or chapter leafe y hich was not renewed , Thomas never poffeffed more * than 1 Sketch . than one hundred pounds a , year ; 2 AN ACCOUNT OF THE.
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Whether Swift at this time defired the company of Stella as a wife or a friend is not certain , but the reason which fhe and her companion then gave for their leaving England , was , that in Ireland D. S. 86 , go .
Whether Swift at this time defired the company of Stella as a wife or a friend is not certain , but the reason which fhe and her companion then gave for their leaving England , was , that in Ireland D. S. 86 , go .
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That he might not wait upon Mr. Harley to whom his name was well known wholly without recommendation , he got himself reprefented as a perfon who had been extremely ill used by te Jaft ministry , because he would not go certain lengths ...
That he might not wait upon Mr. Harley to whom his name was well known wholly without recommendation , he got himself reprefented as a perfon who had been extremely ill used by te Jaft ministry , because he would not go certain lengths ...
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But , if Swift thought this party too precipitant , it is certain he thought lord Oxford too flow , and he once told him fo in a manner that fhews both his integrity and the freedom of his conversation with those who have a prescriptive ...
But , if Swift thought this party too precipitant , it is certain he thought lord Oxford too flow , and he once told him fo in a manner that fhews both his integrity and the freedom of his conversation with those who have a prescriptive ...
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... but it is certain , that , if it had been of greater value , it would not have attoned for any indecorum in the offer , or have induced Swift to fuffer an obligation from those whom he did not efteem , for he refufed the place of ...
... but it is certain , that , if it had been of greater value , it would not have attoned for any indecorum in the offer , or have induced Swift to fuffer an obligation from those whom he did not efteem , for he refufed the place of ...
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