The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page xliii
... give it the fofteft name , was ever untractable . The motions of his genius . were often irregular . He affumed more the air of a patron , than of a friend . He affected rather to dictate than advife . He was . elated with the ...
... give it the fofteft name , was ever untractable . The motions of his genius . were often irregular . He affumed more the air of a patron , than of a friend . He affected rather to dictate than advife . He was . elated with the ...
Page xlviii
... give me your bill of company . Lord Treasurer was mightily pleafed , and told it every body as a notable thing . " [ Sept. 2. 1711. ] D. S. p . 322 , 3 . a benefactor , or gratifying his pride , by making xlviii An ACCOUNT or.
... give me your bill of company . Lord Treasurer was mightily pleafed , and told it every body as a notable thing . " [ Sept. 2. 1711. ] D. S. p . 322 , 3 . a benefactor , or gratifying his pride , by making xlviii An ACCOUNT or.
Page li
... 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 poem called Cadenus and ...
... 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 poem called Cadenus and ...
Page lvii
... gives to Mr Gay , in his letter dated January 81722-3 I was " three years , " fays he , " reconciling myfelf to the " fcene and business to which fortune hath condemned " me ; and stupidity was what I had recourse to * " [ volv 4. p ...
... gives to Mr Gay , in his letter dated January 81722-3 I was " three years , " fays he , " reconciling myfelf to the " fcene and business to which fortune hath condemned " me ; and stupidity was what I had recourse to * " [ volv 4. p ...
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... give him as a reward for his fidelity , The value of this place is between thirty and forty pounds a year . However , Robert would not quit his mafter , but continued to be his butler fome years afterwards [ D. S. p . 190 , 1 ] In this ...
... give him as a reward for his fidelity , The value of this place is between thirty and forty pounds a year . However , Robert would not quit his mafter , but continued to be his butler fome years afterwards [ D. S. p . 190 , 1 ] In this ...
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