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Gulliver's refidence among the Houyhnhnms is faid to be five years instead of three , though he tells us he was fet on fbore there in 1711 , and departed in 1714 Voyage to the Houyhnhnis ; compare the beginning of Chap . I , with Chap .
Gulliver's refidence among the Houyhnhnms is faid to be five years instead of three , though he tells us he was fet on fbore there in 1711 , and departed in 1714 Voyage to the Houyhnhnis ; compare the beginning of Chap . I , with Chap .
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... poffeffed the paternal estate , was , on the 20th of March , 1627 , by king Charles the First , created a peer of Ireland , with the title of viscount Carlingford ; though it is faid he never went into that kingdom .
... poffeffed the paternal estate , was , on the 20th of March , 1627 , by king Charles the First , created a peer of Ireland , with the title of viscount Carlingford ; though it is faid he never went into that kingdom .
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The governor who well knew him , afked what was his errand ; I am come faid Swift , to give his majesty my coat , at the fame time pulling it off and prefenting it : the governor told him pleafantly that his coat was worth little ...
The governor who well knew him , afked what was his errand ; I am come faid Swift , to give his majesty my coat , at the fame time pulling it off and prefenting it : the governor told him pleafantly that his coat was worth little ...
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... in the Dean's fketch of his own life where Moorpark is mentioned ; in the firft it is faid that Swift after having been fome months with his mother at Leicester , was received by fir William who was nory retired to Moorpark , and in ...
... in the Dean's fketch of his own life where Moorpark is mentioned ; in the firft it is faid that Swift after having been fome months with his mother at Leicester , was received by fir William who was nory retired to Moorpark , and in ...
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Upon this occafion the earl was difpatched to Moorpark by the king for fir William's advice , who faid much to fhew him the miftake but without effect , and therefore he foon afterwards difpatched Swift to Kenfington , with the whole ...
Upon this occafion the earl was difpatched to Moorpark by the king for fir William's advice , who faid much to fhew him the miftake but without effect , and therefore he foon afterwards difpatched Swift to Kenfington , with the whole ...
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