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He delighted ( fays Lord Orrery ) in scenes of low life . The vulgar dialect was not only a fund of humour for him , but I verily believe was acceptable to his nature ; otherwife I know not how to account for the many fil- thy ideas and ...
He delighted ( fays Lord Orrery ) in scenes of low life . The vulgar dialect was not only a fund of humour for him , but I verily believe was acceptable to his nature ; otherwife I know not how to account for the many fil- thy ideas and ...
Page xx
“ My poor bro- " ther " ( fays fhe ) " haft lost his best friend Sir William Temple , who " was fo fond of him whilft he lived , that he made him give up his " living in this country to stay with him at Moorpark , and promised " to get ...
“ My poor bro- " ther " ( fays fhe ) " haft lost his best friend Sir William Temple , who " was fo fond of him whilft he lived , that he made him give up his " living in this country to stay with him at Moorpark , and promised " to get ...
Page xxii
I know him to be a fprightly ingenious young man ; but instead of refiding , I dare fay , he will " be eternally flying backwards and forwards to London ; and " therefore I intreat , that he may be provided for in some other " place .
I know him to be a fprightly ingenious young man ; but instead of refiding , I dare fay , he will " be eternally flying backwards and forwards to London ; and " therefore I intreat , that he may be provided for in some other " place .
Page xxvi
J + Mr Deane Swift fays 18 ; but it appears by the poem on her birth - day in 1718 , that the was then but 34. The Dean fays the was in Ireland from 18 , in his introduction to Bons Mats de Stella , in vol .
J + Mr Deane Swift fays 18 ; but it appears by the poem on her birth - day in 1718 , that the was then but 34. The Dean fays the was in Ireland from 18 , in his introduction to Bons Mats de Stella , in vol .
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She lived , I cannot abfolutely fay by her own choice , wholly in the circle of books and men : a life fo unnatural to the sweet- nefs and delicacy of a tender female conftitution , that I cannot . fuppofe it , with all its glittering ...
She lived , I cannot abfolutely fay by her own choice , wholly in the circle of books and men : a life fo unnatural to the sweet- nefs and delicacy of a tender female conftitution , that I cannot . fuppofe it , with all its glittering ...
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| Title | The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift .. Volume 1 of The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift, Jonathan Swift |
| Author | Jonathan Swift |
| Publisher | G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 4 May 2017 |
| Length | 2984 pages |
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