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... particularly The Life and Character of Dr. Swift , on a maxim of Rochefocault , of which he fays , in a letter to Mr. Pope , dated May 1 , 1733 , it is an impofture , mean and trivial , and full of the cant that I moft defpife .
... particularly The Life and Character of Dr. Swift , on a maxim of Rochefocault , of which he fays , in a letter to Mr. Pope , dated May 1 , 1733 , it is an impofture , mean and trivial , and full of the cant that I moft defpife .
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... and pregnant with another , having no means of fubfiftence but an annuity of twenty pounds which her husband had purchased for her in England , immediately after his marriage , In this diftrefs fhe was taken with her daugher into ...
... and pregnant with another , having no means of fubfiftence but an annuity of twenty pounds which her husband had purchased for her in England , immediately after his marriage , In this diftrefs fhe was taken with her daugher into ...
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... that finding it neceffary to vifit a relation who was dangerously sick , and from whom the expected a legacy , fhe found means to convey the child on fhipboard , without the knowledge of his mother or his uncle , and carried him ...
... that finding it neceffary to vifit a relation who was dangerously sick , and from whom the expected a legacy , fhe found means to convey the child on fhipboard , without the knowledge of his mother or his uncle , and carried him ...
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... one Bush found means to infinuate to lord Berkes ley , that the poft of fecretary was not fit for a clergyman , and his lordship fuffered himself to be fo eafily convinced of this impropriety , that after making fome apology to mr .
... one Bush found means to infinuate to lord Berkes ley , that the poft of fecretary was not fit for a clergyman , and his lordship fuffered himself to be fo eafily convinced of this impropriety , that after making fome apology to mr .
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In the mean time lord Oxford's credit grew lefs and lefs , and the queen's health visibly declined . Swift , however , contrived yet once more to meet Swift , LIFE OF Dr. SWIFT . 23 But with whatever view, or from whatever cause ...
In the mean time lord Oxford's credit grew lefs and lefs , and the queen's health visibly declined . Swift , however , contrived yet once more to meet Swift , LIFE OF Dr. SWIFT . 23 But with whatever view, or from whatever cause ...
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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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