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... be told him he would give no leave ; and when he printed them without , he declared it was much to his discontent ; the fame fentiment is alfo more strongly expreffed in the following extract from a letter now in the hands of the ...
... be told him he would give no leave ; and when he printed them without , he declared it was much to his discontent ; the fame fentiment is alfo more strongly expreffed in the following extract from a letter now in the hands of the ...
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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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... and it is therefore probable that upon declining this offer he obtained a promife of preferment in the church , for in a letter to his uncle William , dated 1692 , he says , ' I am not to take orders till the king gives me a ...
... and it is therefore probable that upon declining this offer he obtained a promife of preferment in the church , for in a letter to his uncle William , dated 1692 , he says , ' I am not to take orders till the king gives me a ...
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... a letter from Swift's fifter , then in Ireland , to her coufin Deane in Portugal : fir William Temple , fays fhe , was fo fond of him , that he made him give up his living in this country , and promised to get him one in England .
... a letter from Swift's fifter , then in Ireland , to her coufin Deane in Portugal : fir William Temple , fays fhe , was fo fond of him , that he made him give up his living in this country , and promised to get him one in England .
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He appears firft to have affected to believe her in jeft , then to have rallied her on fo whimsical a choice and at last to have put her off without an abfolute refufal , perhaps , partly , because he was unwilling to give her pain ...
He appears firft to have affected to believe her in jeft , then to have rallied her on fo whimsical a choice and at last to have put her off without an abfolute refufal , perhaps , partly , because he was unwilling to give her pain ...
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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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