The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Jonathan Swift. and back again every two hours . The diftance back- wards and forwards was about half a mile , and he used to run it in about fix minutes . [ D. S. p . 272. ] By what books his ftudies were principally directed , cannot ...
Jonathan Swift. and back again every two hours . The diftance back- wards and forwards was about half a mile , and he used to run it in about fix minutes . [ D. S. p . 272. ] By what books his ftudies were principally directed , cannot ...
Page xvii
Jonathan Swift. " the univerfity . " The civilities which he received at Oxford might indeed proceed from his known connec- tion with Sir William Temple ; but he might reason- ably impute them alfo to the fuppreffion of a reproach ...
Jonathan Swift. " the univerfity . " The civilities which he received at Oxford might indeed proceed from his known connec- tion with Sir William Temple ; but he might reason- ably impute them alfo to the fuppreffion of a reproach ...
Page xviii
Jonathan Swift. FROM Oxford he returned again to Moorpark , where he affifted Sir William Temple to revife his works ‡ , corrected and improved his Tale of a Tub , and added the digreffions . From the converfation of Sir William , who ...
Jonathan Swift. FROM Oxford he returned again to Moorpark , where he affifted Sir William Temple to revife his works ‡ , corrected and improved his Tale of a Tub , and added the digreffions . From the converfation of Sir William , who ...
Page xix
... Swift , then at Lisbon ; in which he relates his quarrel with Sir William , and declares his purpose to When Swift was a young man , he was prodigioufly fond of rambling , even before his pocket could afford the common expences of a ...
... Swift , then at Lisbon ; in which he relates his quarrel with Sir William , and declares his purpose to When Swift was a young man , he was prodigioufly fond of rambling , even before his pocket could afford the common expences of a ...
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... Swift , foon found that he could not be content to live without him ; he therefore urged him to refign his prebend in favour of a friend , and promised to obtain preferment for him in England , if he would return † . Swift confented ...
... Swift , foon found that he could not be content to live without him ; he therefore urged him to refign his prebend in favour of a friend , and promised to obtain preferment for him in England , if he would return † . Swift confented ...
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