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... as they should always be read , by those who would fee their whole ftrength and propriety . As to the pieces which have no connexion with each other , fome have thought that the Serious and the comic fhould have been put in feparate ...
... as they should always be read , by those who would fee their whole ftrength and propriety . As to the pieces which have no connexion with each other , fome have thought that the Serious and the comic fhould have been put in feparate ...
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... other and lifted to his breaft ; and it is hoped that those who can no otherwife emulate the character of Swift , will attempt it in this act of religious decorum , and no longer affect either to be wits or fine VOL . I. C gentleJ.
... other and lifted to his breaft ; and it is hoped that those who can no otherwife emulate the character of Swift , will attempt it in this act of religious decorum , and no longer affect either to be wits or fine VOL . I. C gentleJ.
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But , if Swift thought this party too precipitant , it is certain he thought lord Oxford too flow , and he once told him fo in a manner that fhews both his integrity and the freedom of his conversation with those who have a prescriptive ...
But , if Swift thought this party too precipitant , it is certain he thought lord Oxford too flow , and he once told him fo in a manner that fhews both his integrity and the freedom of his conversation with those who have a prescriptive ...
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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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those who , if by their station they had not been his fuperiors , would have been his equals by learning and parts . It happened , that having one day dined with Mr. St. John , who was then fecretary of ftate , and remarked that he ...
those who , if by their station they had not been his fuperiors , would have been his equals by learning and parts . It happened , that having one day dined with Mr. St. John , who was then fecretary of ftate , and remarked that he ...
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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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