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Jonathan Swift: Selections - Page 141
by Jonathan Swift - 1924 - 448 pages
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Selections from the prose writings of Jonathan Swift, with preface and notes ...

Jonathan Swift - 1884 - 334 pages
...hope I shall be forgiven a hard word, if I call this a perfect cavil. I readily own there has been an old custom, time out of mind, for people to assemble...week, to game at home instead of the chocolate-houses ? are not the taverns and coffee-houses open ? can there be a more convenient season for taking a dose...
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Selections from the Prose Writings of Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift, Stanley Lane-Poole - 1884 - 342 pages
...hope I shall be forgiven a hard word, if I call this a perfect cavil. I readily own there has been an old custom, time out of mind, for people to assemble...week, to game at home instead of the chocolate-houses ? are not the taverns and coffee-houses open ? can there be a more convenient season for taking a dose...
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Prose Writings of Swift

Jonathan Swift - 1886 - 402 pages
...hope I shall be forgiven a hard word, if I call this a perfect cavil. I readily own there has been an old custom, time out of mind, for people to assemble...week, to game at home instead of the chocolate-houses ? are not the taverns and coffee-houses open 1 can there be a more convenient season for taking a dose...
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The Battle of the Books, and Other Short Pieces

Jonathan Swift - 1886 - 222 pages
...hope I shall be forgiven a hard word if I call this a perfect cavil. I readily own there hath been an old custom, time out of mind, for people to assemble...one day in the week, to game at home instead of the chocolate-house ? Are not the taverns and coffeehouses open ? Can there be a more convenient season...
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Prose Writings of Swift

Jonathan Swift - 1886 - 410 pages
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The Tale of a Tub and Other Works

Jonathan Swift - 1889 - 460 pages
...I hope I shall be forgiven a hard word if I call this a perfect cavil. I readily own there has been an old custom, time out of mind, for people to assemble...week, to game at home instead of the chocolate-houses? Are not the taverns and cofiee-houses open ? Can there be a more convenient season for taking a dose...
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Dean Swift and His Writings

Gerald Patrick Moriarty - 1893 - 402 pages
...answers, " I shall be forgiven a hard word, if I call this a perfect cavil. I readily own there has been an old custom, time out of mind, for people to assemble...one day in the week, to game at home instead of the chocolate houses ? Are not the taverns and coffee-houses open ? Can there be a more, convenient season...
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English Prose: Selections, Volume 3

Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 648 pages
...hope I shall be forgiven a hard word, if I call this a perfect cavil. I readily own there has been an old custom, time out of mind, for people to assemble...week, to game at home instead of the chocolatehouses ? are not the taverns and coffeehouses open ? can there be a more convenient season for taking a dose...
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English Prose: Selections, Volume 3

Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 674 pages
...hope I shall be forgiven a hard word, if I call this a perfect cavil. I readily own there has been an old custom, time out of mind, for people to assemble...week, to game at home instead of the chocolatehouses ? are not the taverns and coffeehouses open ? can there be a more convenient season for taking a dose...
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English Prose: Selections : with Critical Introductions by Various ..., Volume 3

Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 648 pages
...hope I shall be forgiven a hard word, if I call this a perfect cavil. I readily own there has been an old custom, time out of mind, for people to assemble...week, to game at home instead of the chocolatehouses ? are not the taverns and coffeehouses open ? can there be a more convenient season for taking a dose...
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