The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page lxxxii
... head might be trepanned , and the water difcharged , no regard was paid to his opi- nion or his intreaty . [ 7. R. p . 149. ] AFTER the Dean had continued filent a whole year in this ftate of helplefs idiocy ; his housekeeper went into ...
... head might be trepanned , and the water difcharged , no regard was paid to his opi- nion or his intreaty . [ 7. R. p . 149. ] AFTER the Dean had continued filent a whole year in this ftate of helplefs idiocy ; his housekeeper went into ...
Page cvi
... head of his table oppofite to a great pier glass , so that he could fee in the glafs what- ever the fervants did behind him . Turning his eye on the looking glass , he efpied the butler opening a bottle of ale ; and helping himself to ...
... head of his table oppofite to a great pier glass , so that he could fee in the glafs what- ever the fervants did behind him . Turning his eye on the looking glass , he efpied the butler opening a bottle of ale ; and helping himself to ...
Page cvii
... head , rather than permit me to take fo much " trouble for her . " 66 66 MRS Pilkington ftaid at home with the Dean during the time of the afternoon's fervice ; and he made her read his history of the four laft years of Q. Anne , asking ...
... head , rather than permit me to take fo much " trouble for her . " 66 66 MRS Pilkington ftaid at home with the Dean during the time of the afternoon's fervice ; and he made her read his history of the four laft years of Q. Anne , asking ...
Page cxxiii
... head . By the affiftance of fome thinking , and much converfa- tion , he had endeavoured to ftrip himself of as many real prejudices as he could : I fay , real ones ; becaufe , under the notion of prejudices , he knew to what dangerous ...
... head . By the affiftance of fome thinking , and much converfa- tion , he had endeavoured to ftrip himself of as many real prejudices as he could : I fay , real ones ; becaufe , under the notion of prejudices , he knew to what dangerous ...
Page cxxiii
... head , nor will ( he is fure ) into that of any reader of taste and candour . He allows two , or three at moft , there produced , to have been delivered unwarily ; for which he defires to plead the excufe offered already , of his youth ...
... head , nor will ( he is fure ) into that of any reader of taste and candour . He allows two , or three at moft , there produced , to have been delivered unwarily ; for which he defires to plead the excufe offered already , of his youth ...
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