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 xxxii
Nor so far at least , if not something farther , we think , may be . answered , and without absurdity too . “ did not inarry her sooner , " we say , because his original intention was not to marry her at all : he never ...
Nor so far at least , if not something farther , we think , may be . answered , and without absurdity too . “ did not inarry her sooner , " we say , because his original intention was not to marry her at all : he never ...
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“ His ' marss riage was cautiously concealed , ” because he never intended to acknowledge her as his wife ; and " he was cautious never to meet “ her but in the presence of a third person , " because , by reason of his known intimacy ...
“ His ' marss riage was cautiously concealed , ” because he never intended to acknowledge her as his wife ; and " he was cautious never to meet “ her but in the presence of a third person , " because , by reason of his known intimacy ...
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Among other questions , he always asked whether they understood cleaning shoes , “ because , ” said he , “ my kitchen - wench : " has a scullion that does her drudgery , and one part of the business of my groom " and footman ...
Among other questions , he always asked whether they understood cleaning shoes , “ because , ” said he , “ my kitchen - wench : " has a scullion that does her drudgery , and one part of the business of my groom " and footman ...
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pence of several hundred pounds , when he did not believe he should ever again claim the privileges for himself ; because he would not hurt his successor by an injurious precedent . The poor , in the liberty of his cathedral ...
pence of several hundred pounds , when he did not believe he should ever again claim the privileges for himself ; because he would not hurt his successor by an injurious precedent . The poor , in the liberty of his cathedral ...
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... and much conversation , he had endeavoured to strip himself of as many real prejudices as he could : I say , real ones ; because under the notion of prejudices , he knew to what dan . gerous heights fome men have proceeded .
... and much conversation , he had endeavoured to strip himself of as many real prejudices as he could : I say , real ones ; because under the notion of prejudices , he knew to what dan . gerous heights fome men have proceeded .
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