The Works of Dr. Jonathan SwiftW. Bowyer, 1768 |
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... forces . But whatever was the honour of her lineage , her fortune was fmall , and about two years after her marriage , fhe was left a widow with one child , a daughter , and pregnant with another , having no means of fubfiftence but an ...
... forces . But whatever was the honour of her lineage , her fortune was fmall , and about two years after her marriage , fhe was left a widow with one child , a daughter , and pregnant with another , having no means of fubfiftence but an ...
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... force , and laboured to disappoint him in the exercise of his power by every art of oppofition and delay . But whatever prejudice they had conceived against him was foon removed , by the difinterested integrity of his con- duct , which ...
... force , and laboured to disappoint him in the exercise of his power by every art of oppofition and delay . But whatever prejudice they had conceived against him was foon removed , by the difinterested integrity of his con- duct , which ...
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... force of reafon , by which he had been just foiled , and was expreffed with all the vehe mence of his temper , and all the peculiarity of his wit . He was several times in England on a vifit to Mr. Pope , after his fettlement at the ...
... force of reafon , by which he had been just foiled , and was expreffed with all the vehe mence of his temper , and all the peculiarity of his wit . He was several times in England on a vifit to Mr. Pope , after his fettlement at the ...
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... force of poetical fancy , could range her thoughts in a regular compofition , and express them in correct and harmonious verfe ; of her wit in conversation some instances will be found in vol xii . under the name of Bons Mots , and two ...
... force of poetical fancy , could range her thoughts in a regular compofition , and express them in correct and harmonious verfe ; of her wit in conversation some instances will be found in vol xii . under the name of Bons Mots , and two ...
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... force , from tearing out his own eyes . It has been obferved that corporal pain , whether by forcing the mind from that object which has en- groffed it , or by whatever means , has reftored luna- ticks to the use of reafon ; and this ...
... force , from tearing out his own eyes . It has been obferved that corporal pain , whether by forcing the mind from that object which has en- groffed it , or by whatever means , has reftored luna- ticks to the use of reafon ; and this ...
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