The Works of Dr. Jonathan SwiftW. Bowyer, 1768 |
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... certain , that , if it had been of greater value , it would not have attoned for any indecorum in the offer , or have induced Swift to fuffer an obligation from those whom he did not esteem , for he refused the place of hiftoriographer ...
... certain , that , if it had been of greater value , it would not have attoned for any indecorum in the offer , or have induced Swift to fuffer an obligation from those whom he did not esteem , for he refused the place of hiftoriographer ...
Page 27
... certain fum which fhe had in the funds ; and the better to fave appear- ances he always took her receipt , and fometimes would pretend , with great feeming vexation , that The drew upon him before he had received her mo- ney from London ...
... certain fum which fhe had in the funds ; and the better to fave appear- ances he always took her receipt , and fometimes would pretend , with great feeming vexation , that The drew upon him before he had received her mo- ney from London ...
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... certain , he declined it , though without affigning any other engagement as the reafon . He appears firft to have affected to believe her in jeft , then to have rallied her on fo whimsical a choice , and at last to have put her off ...
... certain , he declined it , though without affigning any other engagement as the reafon . He appears firft to have affected to believe her in jeft , then to have rallied her on fo whimsical a choice , and at last to have put her off ...
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... certain that great clamour was then raised by the new men against the late ministry with whom Swift had been closely connected ; they were charged with a defign to bring in the pretender , and the fame design was confequently imputed to ...
... certain that great clamour was then raised by the new men against the late ministry with whom Swift had been closely connected ; they were charged with a defign to bring in the pretender , and the fame design was confequently imputed to ...
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... certain rate , and invite as many friends as he pleafed upon the fame terms . This gentleman is lately dead , and left a large sum of mo- D.S. 299. ney to be difpofed of to publick charities J. R. 92 . at the difcretion of his executors ...
... certain rate , and invite as many friends as he pleafed upon the fame terms . This gentleman is lately dead , and left a large sum of mo- D.S. 299. ney to be difpofed of to publick charities J. R. 92 . at the difcretion of his executors ...
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