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 xxix
... continued his vifits to Vaneffa , who prefer- ved her reputation and friends , and was vi- fited by many perfons of rank , character , and fortune , of both fexes : but now his vifits were less frequent . In 1717 , her fifter died ; and ...
... continued his vifits to Vaneffa , who prefer- ved her reputation and friends , and was vi- fited by many perfons of rank , character , and fortune , of both fexes : but now his vifits were less frequent . In 1717 , her fifter died ; and ...
Page xxxviii
... pronounced this to be the cafe during his illness ; and upon opening his body , it appeared that he was not mifta- ken . After the Dean had continued filent a whole year , in this ftate of helpless idiot- xxxviii The LIFE of.
... pronounced this to be the cafe during his illness ; and upon opening his body , it appeared that he was not mifta- ken . After the Dean had continued filent a whole year , in this ftate of helpless idiot- xxxviii The LIFE of.
Page xliv
... continued there but a fhort time , and left both the house and glebe a convenient and agreeable retreat to his fuc- ceffor , at a confiderable expence . In his private capacity , he was not only charitable but generous , and whatever ...
... continued there but a fhort time , and left both the house and glebe a convenient and agreeable retreat to his fuc- ceffor , at a confiderable expence . In his private capacity , he was not only charitable but generous , and whatever ...
Page lxvi
... continued long in one path . He has written miscellaneoufly , and has chofen rather to appear a wandering comet , than a fixed ftar . Had he applied the faculties of his mind to one great and useful work , he must have shined more ...
... continued long in one path . He has written miscellaneoufly , and has chofen rather to appear a wandering comet , than a fixed ftar . Had he applied the faculties of his mind to one great and useful work , he must have shined more ...
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... continued difcourfes fhall be the fame , only muta- tis mutandis . Neither will he infift upon the mistake in the title . But let the anfwerer and his friend produce any book they please , he defies them to fhew one fingle particular ...
... continued difcourfes fhall be the fame , only muta- tis mutandis . Neither will he infift upon the mistake in the title . But let the anfwerer and his friend produce any book they please , he defies them to fhew one fingle particular ...
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