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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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I am Sir with great truth your moft humble and affectionate fervant , Nov. 1 . 1735 . 7. Swift . N. B. In the references that will be found in the margin of the Life D. S. ftands for Deane Swift's Effay on the Life , Writings and ...
I am Sir with great truth your moft humble and affectionate fervant , Nov. 1 . 1735 . 7. Swift . N. B. In the references that will be found in the margin of the Life D. S. ftands for Deane Swift's Effay on the Life , Writings and ...
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The dean's mind had been now fo filled with politics that he found it impracticable to excel as a preacher , his firft and moft laudable ambition ; and frequently : declared that , though he fometimes attempted to exért himself in the ...
The dean's mind had been now fo filled with politics that he found it impracticable to excel as a preacher , his firft and moft laudable ambition ; and frequently : declared that , though he fometimes attempted to exért himself in the ...
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... character , and fortune of both fexes ; particularly Mrs. Conolly , a lady of very high reputation , the late moft excellent bishop of Cloyne , the late ' D.S. 262 . judge Lindsay , and the lord chief juftice Marley .
... character , and fortune of both fexes ; particularly Mrs. Conolly , a lady of very high reputation , the late moft excellent bishop of Cloyne , the late ' D.S. 262 . judge Lindsay , and the lord chief juftice Marley .
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He complains also about the fame time in a letter to Mr. Pope . that he was in danger of dying poor and friendlefs , even his female friends having forfaken him ; which , as he says , was what vexed him moft .
He complains also about the fame time in a letter to Mr. Pope . that he was in danger of dying poor and friendlefs , even his female friends having forfaken him ; which , as he says , was what vexed him moft .
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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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