The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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... things ; but , for my part , I ne- " ver could bear to touch any man's flesh - except my hufband's ; whom , perhaps , " ( faid he ) , " the wished at the devil . " . 66 66 . 66 " Mr Pilkington , " said he , " you would not tell " me ...
... things ; but , for my part , I ne- " ver could bear to touch any man's flesh - except my hufband's ; whom , perhaps , " ( faid he ) , " the wished at the devil . " . 66 66 . 66 " Mr Pilkington , " said he , " you would not tell " me ...
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... things , its corruptions are likely to be the worst . THERE is one thing which the judicious reader cannot but have obferved , that fome of those paffages in this dif- courfe , which appear most liable to objection , are what they call ...
... things , its corruptions are likely to be the worst . THERE is one thing which the judicious reader cannot but have obferved , that fome of those paffages in this dif- courfe , which appear most liable to objection , are what they call ...
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... things were ripe for a general in- furrection , till my Lord Orrery had a little laid the spirit , and fettled the ferment . But his Lordship being princi- pally engaged with another antagonist † , it was thought neceffary , in order to ...
... things were ripe for a general in- furrection , till my Lord Orrery had a little laid the spirit , and fettled the ferment . But his Lordship being princi- pally engaged with another antagonist † , it was thought neceffary , in order to ...
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... thing , whence comes it to pafs they have fuch a perpetual itch towards it them- felves ? To inftance only in the ... things will remain which may not be excufed in a young writer . He wrote only to the men of wit and tafte ; and he ...
... thing , whence comes it to pafs they have fuch a perpetual itch towards it them- felves ? To inftance only in the ... things will remain which may not be excufed in a young writer . He wrote only to the men of wit and tafte ; and he ...
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... mifled them ? are they funk in the abyss of things ? ' tis certain , that in their own nature they were light enough to fwim upon the surface for all eternity . There- fore fore the fault is in him , who tied weights 2 ΤΟ DEDICATION.
... mifled them ? are they funk in the abyss of things ? ' tis certain , that in their own nature they were light enough to fwim upon the surface for all eternity . There- fore fore the fault is in him , who tied weights 2 ΤΟ DEDICATION.
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