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Such perhaps was the cafe of Dr Swift . He found himself much indulged by the fmiles and converfation of the Earl of Oxford . He knew how useful he was to the administration in general : and in the aforementioned letter , he fays ...
Such perhaps was the cafe of Dr Swift . He found himself much indulged by the fmiles and converfation of the Earl of Oxford . He knew how useful he was to the administration in general : and in the aforementioned letter , he fays ...
Page xxxvii
... alluding perhaps , in the prefent of the young Hercules , to the character of Alcides in the poem called Atlas , the Earl being confcious to himself how much the Doctor had fupported the conftitution , the Queen , and the miniftry .
... alluding perhaps , in the prefent of the young Hercules , to the character of Alcides in the poem called Atlas , the Earl being confcious to himself how much the Doctor had fupported the conftitution , the Queen , and the miniftry .
Page xli
Nay , they faid the parliament fhould be diffolved " before Christmas , and perhaps it may . This is all your D-- . of S - t's doings . 1 warned them [ the minifters ] of it nine " months ago , and a hundred times fince .
Nay , they faid the parliament fhould be diffolved " before Christmas , and perhaps it may . This is all your D-- . of S - t's doings . 1 warned them [ the minifters ] of it nine " months ago , and a hundred times fince .
Page xlii
IT may perhaps be thought ftrange , that his friends . did not rather procure him a bishoprick in England , and . place him in the houfe of Lords , where his political elo- quence might have been employed with great advantage .
IT may perhaps be thought ftrange , that his friends . did not rather procure him a bishoprick in England , and . place him in the houfe of Lords , where his political elo- quence might have been employed with great advantage .
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Love itfelf perhaps was in this cafe complicated with vanity , which would have been highly gratified by an alliance with the first wit of the age ; and thus what neither could have effected alone , was done by the joint effort of both ...
Love itfelf perhaps was in this cafe complicated with vanity , which would have been highly gratified by an alliance with the first wit of the age ; and thus what neither could have effected alone , was done by the joint effort of both ...
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| Title | The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift .. Volume 1 of The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift, Jonathan Swift |
| Author | Jonathan Swift |
| Publisher | G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 4 May 2017 |
| Length | 2984 pages |
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