The Works of Dr. Jonathan SwiftW. Bowyer, 1768 |
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... foon followed by a feventh volume of letters , and an eighth of pofthumous pieces . In this collection , although printed in Ireland , the tracts relating to that country , and in particular the Drapier's Letters , are thrown together ...
... foon followed by a feventh volume of letters , and an eighth of pofthumous pieces . In this collection , although printed in Ireland , the tracts relating to that country , and in particular the Drapier's Letters , are thrown together ...
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... foon as it defied shame , was immediately changed into virtue ; but the most obvious and natural meaning is juft contrary . That we defire to conceal no act which upon re- flection we do not difcover to be vicious , bé- caufe virtue is ...
... foon as it defied shame , was immediately changed into virtue ; but the most obvious and natural meaning is juft contrary . That we defire to conceal no act which upon re- flection we do not difcover to be vicious , bé- caufe virtue is ...
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... foon diffipated his wife's patrimony ; and that of her fifter being transferred to the family of lord Eglington , the principal estate of the Swifts was divided from the name for ever . One of the younger branches from the fame ftem ...
... foon diffipated his wife's patrimony ; and that of her fifter being transferred to the family of lord Eglington , the principal estate of the Swifts was divided from the name for ever . One of the younger branches from the fame ftem ...
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... foon found to be an ufeful garment by its weight ; and it is remarked by lord Clarendon , that the king received no fupply more feasonable or acceptable than thefe three hundred broad pieces during the whole war , his distress being ...
... foon found to be an ufeful garment by its weight ; and it is remarked by lord Clarendon , that the king received no fupply more feasonable or acceptable than thefe three hundred broad pieces during the whole war , his distress being ...
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... foon become weal- thy , and the reft obtained fomething more than a genteel competence , though Dryden and Jonathan who died foon after their arrival had little to bequeath . Jonathan at the age of about three and twenty , and before he ...
... foon become weal- thy , and the reft obtained fomething more than a genteel competence , though Dryden and Jonathan who died foon after their arrival had little to bequeath . Jonathan at the age of about three and twenty , and before he ...
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