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... whatever was the honour of her lineage , her fortune was small , 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 annuity ...
... whatever was the honour of her lineage , her fortune was small , 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 annuity ...
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At this time fir William Temple was in high reputation , and honoured with the confidence and familiarity of king William . His father , fir John Temple , had been mafter of the Rolls in Ireland and contracted an intimate friendship ...
At this time fir William Temple was in high reputation , and honoured with the confidence and familiarity of king William . His father , fir John Temple , had been mafter of the Rolls in Ireland and contracted an intimate friendship ...
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Whatever excellence we poffefs , or whatever honours we obtain , the pleasure which they produce is all relative to fome particular favourite with whom we are tenderly connected , either by friendship or by love ; or at most it ...
Whatever excellence we poffefs , or whatever honours we obtain , the pleasure which they produce is all relative to fome particular favourite with whom we are tenderly connected , either by friendship or by love ; or at most it ...
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... that Swift had no expectations of advantage from his connexion with these perfons , that he knew they could not long preferve their power , that he did not honour it while it lafted , and that he difdained pecuniary obligations .
... that Swift had no expectations of advantage from his connexion with these perfons , that he knew they could not long preferve their power , that he did not honour it while it lafted , and that he difdained pecuniary obligations .
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Let it therefore be recorded to the honour of Dr. Swift , and to animate others by his example and reward , that during his connexion with those who were in the highest rank , and who in every rank would have been great , he would never ...
Let it therefore be recorded to the honour of Dr. Swift , and to animate others by his example and reward , that during his connexion with those who were in the highest rank , and who in every rank would have been great , he would never ...
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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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