The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, DublinC. Bathurst, J. Rivington, W. Strahan, B. Collins, J. Hinton, J. Dodsley, L. Davis and C. Reymers, R. Baldwin, and W. Bowyer, 1766 |
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Page x
... able periods of his life , and in which his merit as a writer was moft diftinguifhed . N. B. In the references to be found in the Life , D. S. ftands for Mr. Deane Swift's Effay on the Life , Writings , and Character of Dr. Jonathan ...
... able periods of his life , and in which his merit as a writer was moft diftinguifhed . N. B. In the references to be found in the Life , D. S. ftands for Mr. Deane Swift's Effay on the Life , Writings , and Character of Dr. Jonathan ...
Page xiii
... able to bear it . Mrs. Swift , about two years after her hufhand's death , quitted the family of Mr. Godwin Swift in Ireland , and retired to Leicester , the place of her nativity ; but her fon was again car- ried to Ireland by his ...
... able to bear it . Mrs. Swift , about two years after her hufhand's death , quitted the family of Mr. Godwin Swift in Ireland , and retired to Leicester , the place of her nativity ; but her fon was again car- ried to Ireland by his ...
Page xxxv
... able to hire him with a bottle of wine : " and , in another to Mr. Pope , that " he was in dan- 66 ger of dying poor and friendlefs , even his " female friends having forfaken him ; " which , " as he says , " vexed him moft . " These ...
... able to hire him with a bottle of wine : " and , in another to Mr. Pope , that " he was in dan- 66 ger of dying poor and friendlefs , even his " female friends having forfaken him ; " which , " as he says , " vexed him moft . " These ...
Page xxxix
... able to ex- prefs his meaning , he fhewed figns of much uneafinefs ; and at laft faid , " I am a fool . " Once afterwards , as his fervant was taking away his watch , he faid , " bring it here : " and when the fame fervant was breaking ...
... able to ex- prefs his meaning , he fhewed figns of much uneafinefs ; and at laft faid , " I am a fool . " Once afterwards , as his fervant was taking away his watch , he faid , " bring it here : " and when the fame fervant was breaking ...
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... able , in 25about a year's time , to convince her that the had better fend up the meat too little than too much done ; " charging the men - fervants , whenever they imagined the meat was ready , they fhould take it , fpit and all , and ...
... able , in 25about a year's time , to convince her that the had better fend up the meat too little than too much done ; " charging the men - fervants , whenever they imagined the meat was ready , they fhould take it , fpit and all , and ...
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