The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page xxxi
... fome other pre- ferment ; and that , with this view , he was follicitous to be near the court : for before his acquaintance with Lord Oxford , a bishoprick was intended for him by the Queen . But Abp Sharpe , and a certain great Lady ...
... fome other pre- ferment ; and that , with this view , he was follicitous to be near the court : for before his acquaintance with Lord Oxford , a bishoprick was intended for him by the Queen . But Abp Sharpe , and a certain great Lady ...
Page xxxii
... fome reasons for their whifpers ; tho ' I thought it was a greater fecret . I do not much like the prefent pofture of things . I " always apprehended that any falling out would ruin them , and " fo I have told them feveral times . The ...
... fome reasons for their whifpers ; tho ' I thought it was a greater fecret . I do not much like the prefent pofture of things . I " always apprehended that any falling out would ruin them , and " fo I have told them feveral times . The ...
Page xxxiv
... fome friends had told him , that he [ Harley ] would do every thing to bring him over . He [ Harley ] defired him to dine with him on Tuefday ; and af- ter four hours being with him , fet him down at St James's coffechoufe in a hackney ...
... fome friends had told him , that he [ Harley ] would do every thing to bring him over . He [ Harley ] defired him to dine with him on Tuefday ; and af- ter four hours being with him , fet him down at St James's coffechoufe in a hackney ...
Page xxxv
... fome degree to direct their measures ; and such was his importance in the opinion of the oppofite party , that many speeches were made against him in both houses of parliament ; a reward was alfo offered for difco- vering the author of ...
... fome degree to direct their measures ; and such was his importance in the opinion of the oppofite party , that many speeches were made against him in both houses of parliament ; a reward was alfo offered for difco- vering the author of ...
Page xxxvi
... fome particular favourite , with whom we are tenderly connected , either by friendship or by love ; or , at most , it terminates , like rays collected by a burning- glafs , in a very fmall circle , which is fcarce more than a point ...
... fome particular favourite , with whom we are tenderly connected , either by friendship or by love ; or , at most , it terminates , like rays collected by a burning- glafs , in a very fmall circle , which is fcarce more than a point ...
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