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published himself ; and that thofe tracts which are parts of a regular feries , and illuftrate each other , should be ranged in fucceffion without the intervention of other matter : Such are the Drapier's Letters , and fome other papers ...
published himself ; and that thofe tracts which are parts of a regular feries , and illuftrate each other , should be ranged in fucceffion without the intervention of other matter : Such are the Drapier's Letters , and fome other papers ...
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... and carried him with her to Whitehaven : at this place he continued near three years ; for when the matter was difcovered , his mother fent orders not to hazard a second voyage till he fhould be better able to bear it .
... and carried him with her to Whitehaven : at this place he continued near three years ; for when the matter was difcovered , his mother fent orders not to hazard a second voyage till he fhould be better able to bear it .
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Swift though he was then very young , was yet well acquainted with the English hiftory , and gave the king a compendious account of the matter which he amplified to the earl , but the measure was at last rejected , and thus ended ...
Swift though he was then very young , was yet well acquainted with the English hiftory , and gave the king a compendious account of the matter which he amplified to the earl , but the measure was at last rejected , and thus ended ...
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Thus prepared , he thought the numerous and grofs corruptions in religion and learning might furnish matter for a fatyr , that would be useful and diverting . He refolved to proceed in a manner , that should be altogether new ...
Thus prepared , he thought the numerous and grofs corruptions in religion and learning might furnish matter for a fatyr , that would be useful and diverting . He refolved to proceed in a manner , that should be altogether new ...
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The matter is a trifle ; but , would he venture to pronounce at this rate upon one of greater moment ? I know nothing more contemptible in a writer , than the character of a plagiary ; which he here fixes at a venture ; and this not for ...
The matter is a trifle ; but , would he venture to pronounce at this rate upon one of greater moment ? I know nothing more contemptible in a writer , than the character of a plagiary ; which he here fixes at a venture ; and this not for ...
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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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