The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page xlvii
... because he would not encourage a fecond offence by too easily paffing over the firft , as be- cause he was engaged with another friend † [ D. S. p . 326 , 7. let . to S. April 3. 1711. ] IF At the hours that Swift was not engaged in ...
... because he would not encourage a fecond offence by too easily paffing over the firft , as be- cause he was engaged with another friend † [ D. S. p . 326 , 7. let . to S. April 3. 1711. ] IF At the hours that Swift was not engaged in ...
Page li
... because he was unwilling to give her pain , and partly , because he could not refufe her with a good grace , otherwife than by difcovering fome par ticulars which he was willing to conceal . While he was in this fituation , he wrote the ...
... because he was unwilling to give her pain , and partly , because he could not refufe her with a good grace , otherwife than by difcovering fome par ticulars which he was willing to conceal . While he was in this fituation , he wrote the ...
Page lxii
... because they contained nothing that could do her honour , yet published the poem ; by which it muft therefore be fuppofed they did not think the would be difgraced . [ 7. R. p . 123. ] 66 IT has indeed been faid , that Vaneffa , from ...
... because they contained nothing that could do her honour , yet published the poem ; by which it muft therefore be fuppofed they did not think the would be difgraced . [ 7. R. p . 123. ] 66 IT has indeed been faid , that Vaneffa , from ...
Page 8
... because . he was determined no more to enter into public life , but becaufe the fchemes themfelves were fuch as he did not approve . However , in the fame letter in which he fays , that if the King had lived ten days longer , he fhould ...
... because . he was determined no more to enter into public life , but becaufe the fchemes themfelves were fuch as he did not approve . However , in the fame letter in which he fays , that if the King had lived ten days longer , he fhould ...
Page xciii
... because he would not endanger the liberty of his fucceffor by an in- jurious precedent . [ vol . 4. p . 247. ] THERE is no act of virtue which men have so often fubftituted for the peculiar pofitive duties of Chriftians as liberality to ...
... because he would not endanger the liberty of his fucceffor by an in- jurious precedent . [ vol . 4. p . 247. ] THERE is no act of virtue which men have so often fubftituted for the peculiar pofitive duties of Chriftians as liberality to ...
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