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 xxiv
The Tory members in both houses , who spoke , drew all their arguments from its and the resolutions , which were printed in the votes , and which would never have passed but for this pamphlet , were little more than quotations from it .
The Tory members in both houses , who spoke , drew all their arguments from its and the resolutions , which were printed in the votes , and which would never have passed but for this pamphlet , were little more than quotations from it .
Page xxxii
Why the Dean did not sooner marry this “ most excellent person ; why he married " her at all ; why his marriage was so cau- , “ tiously concealed ; and why he was never “ known to meet her but in the presence of a third person ...
Why the Dean did not sooner marry this “ most excellent person ; why he married " her at all ; why his marriage was so cau- , “ tiously concealed ; and why he was never “ known to meet her but in the presence of a third person ...
Page xxxiii
“ His ' marss riage was cautiously concealed , ” because he never intended to acknowledge her as his wife ; and " he was cautious never to meet “ her but in the presence of a third person , " because , by reason of his known intimacy ...
“ His ' marss riage was cautiously concealed , ” because he never intended to acknowledge her as his wife ; and " he was cautious never to meet “ her but in the presence of a third person , " because , by reason of his known intimacy ...
Page xxxvii
... which he called The Legion Club , he was feized with one of these fit :, the effect of which was fo dreadful , that he left the poem unfinished , and never afterwards attempted a composition either in prose or verle that required a ...
... which he called The Legion Club , he was feized with one of these fit :, the effect of which was fo dreadful , that he left the poem unfinished , and never afterwards attempted a composition either in prose or verle that required a ...
Page xl
He was cleanly even to superstition ; his nails were always paired to the quick , to prevent the least gathering of dirt under them ,, and he never dressed without a bason of water by him , with which he carefully cleanfed his feet .
He was cleanly even to superstition ; his nails were always paired to the quick , to prevent the least gathering of dirt under them ,, and he never dressed without a bason of water by him , with which he carefully cleanfed his feet .
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