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... in which the tranfition From grave to gay , from lively to severe , appears frequently to be the effect rather of choice than accident , However , as the g Our miscellany is now quite printed , I am prodigioufly pleased with this ...
... in which the tranfition From grave to gay , from lively to severe , appears frequently to be the effect rather of choice than accident , However , as the g Our miscellany is now quite printed , I am prodigioufly pleased with this ...
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... which would have made a confiderable part of his life ; but as the occafion on which particular pieces were written , and the events which they produced , could not be related in a feries , without frequent references and quotations ...
... which would have made a confiderable part of his life ; but as the occafion on which particular pieces were written , and the events which they produced , could not be related in a feries , without frequent references and quotations ...
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It has been generally believed that Swift was born in England , a mistake to which many incidents befides this have contributed ; he had been frequently heard to say when the people of Ireland difpleafed him , I am not of this vile ...
It has been generally believed that Swift was born in England , a mistake to which many incidents befides this have contributed ; he had been frequently heard to say when the people of Ireland difpleafed him , I am not of this vile ...
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... and Swift's firft vifit continued two years ; fir William had been ambaffador and mediator of a general peace at Nimeguen before the revolution ; in this character he became known to the prince of Orange , who frequently vifited him ...
... and Swift's firft vifit continued two years ; fir William had been ambaffador and mediator of a general peace at Nimeguen before the revolution ; in this character he became known to the prince of Orange , who frequently vifited him ...
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... and he is known to have received frequent remittances from his uncle William , and his coufin Willoughby Swift ; fo that fir William does not seem to have treated him with a liberality for which it is difficult to account .
... and he is known to have received frequent remittances from his uncle William , and his coufin Willoughby Swift ; fo that fir William does not seem to have treated him with a liberality for which it is difficult to account .
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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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