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... he took nothing from the Irish copy which he had then feen , and upon his cuthority the Irish variations are rejected in this edition . But there is evidence of another kind to prove that the Dean never revifed any edition of his ...
... he took nothing from the Irish copy which he had then feen , and upon his cuthority the Irish variations are rejected in this edition . But there is evidence of another kind to prove that the Dean never revifed any edition of his ...
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tranfmit a knowledge of him to pofterity of the fame kind , if not in the fame degree , as was obtained by thofe among his contemporaries , who were admitted to his converfation and friendship . For the hiftory of his works the reader ...
tranfmit a knowledge of him to pofterity of the fame kind , if not in the fame degree , as was obtained by thofe among his contemporaries , who were admitted to his converfation and friendship . For the hiftory of his works the reader ...
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During this familiarity , he became infenfibly a kind of preceptor to the young ladies , particularly the eldeft , who was then about twenty years old , was much addicted to reading , and a great admirer of poetry .
During this familiarity , he became infenfibly a kind of preceptor to the young ladies , particularly the eldeft , who was then about twenty years old , was much addicted to reading , and a great admirer of poetry .
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As to his employment at home , he feems to have › had no heart to apply himself to ftudy of any kind , D 3 but but to have refigned himself wholly to fuch amufe ments LIFE OF Dr. SWIFT . 35.
As to his employment at home , he feems to have › had no heart to apply himself to ftudy of any kind , D 3 but but to have refigned himself wholly to fuch amufe ments LIFE OF Dr. SWIFT . 35.
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Neither was her wit merely of the colloquial kind ; she had great force of poetical fancy , could range her thoughts in a regular compofition , and express them in correct and harmonious verfe ; of her wit int converfation fome ...
Neither was her wit merely of the colloquial kind ; she had great force of poetical fancy , could range her thoughts in a regular compofition , and express them in correct and harmonious verfe ; of her wit int converfation fome ...
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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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