The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Volume 5Bell, 1901 |
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Page 193
... Monsieur Prior1 made many excuses and apologies , ' Matthew Prior ( 1664-1721 ) , educated at Westminster and St. John's College , Cambridge . Wrote , in conjunction with Mr. Montague , “ The City Mouse and Country Mouse " ( 1688 ) ...
... Monsieur Prior1 made many excuses and apologies , ' Matthew Prior ( 1664-1721 ) , educated at Westminster and St. John's College , Cambridge . Wrote , in conjunction with Mr. Montague , “ The City Mouse and Country Mouse " ( 1688 ) ...
Page 194
... Prior , who had been Jersey's secretary , upon his death was employed to prosecute that which the other did not live to finish . Prior ... MONSIEUR MONSIEUR , AT I SIR , ESTAPLE . 194 THE TRANSLATOR TO THE READER.
... Prior , who had been Jersey's secretary , upon his death was employed to prosecute that which the other did not live to finish . Prior ... MONSIEUR MONSIEUR , AT I SIR , ESTAPLE . 194 THE TRANSLATOR TO THE READER.
Page 195
Jonathan Swift Temple Scott. TO MONSIEUR MONSIEUR , AT I SIR , ESTAPLE . ' DOUBT not but you are curious , as many others are , to know the secret of Monsieur Prior , an English gentleman's late journey from London to Paris . Perhaps ...
Jonathan Swift Temple Scott. TO MONSIEUR MONSIEUR , AT I SIR , ESTAPLE . ' DOUBT not but you are curious , as many others are , to know the secret of Monsieur Prior , an English gentleman's late journey from London to Paris . Perhaps ...
Page 196
... Monsieur stayed six days with much impatience , when , late at evening , on Wednesday the 14th of July , a person , whom we afterward knew to be Monsieur Prior , came directly to the door , and en- quired for Monsieur de la Bastide ...
... Monsieur stayed six days with much impatience , when , late at evening , on Wednesday the 14th of July , a person , whom we afterward knew to be Monsieur Prior , came directly to the door , and en- quired for Monsieur de la Bastide ...
Page 197
... Monsieur de Marais had given me . From this time , to the day Monsieur Prior left Calais , in order to return to ... Monsieur Prior's journey to Boulogne . It is reported that some time before the peace of Ryswick , King William did ...
... Monsieur de Marais had given me . From this time , to the day Monsieur Prior left Calais , in order to return to ... Monsieur Prior's journey to Boulogne . It is reported that some time before the peace of Ryswick , King William did ...
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