The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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... best editions . WITH The author's LIFE and CHARACTER , NOTES hiftorical , critical , and explanatory ; Tables of CONTENTS , and INDEXES . More complete than any preceding edition . IN EIGHT VOLUME S. EDINBURGH : Printed for G. HAMILTON ...
... best editions . WITH The author's LIFE and CHARACTER , NOTES hiftorical , critical , and explanatory ; Tables of CONTENTS , and INDEXES . More complete than any preceding edition . IN EIGHT VOLUME S. EDINBURGH : Printed for G. HAMILTON ...
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... best digested account we have feen , we have given it entire to our readers . Some o- miffions in it are supplied , and a variety of notes added , containing fuch anecdotes , or different relations of the fame fact as were worth ...
... best digested account we have feen , we have given it entire to our readers . Some o- miffions in it are supplied , and a variety of notes added , containing fuch anecdotes , or different relations of the fame fact as were worth ...
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... best friend Sir William Temple , who 66 was fo fond of him whilft he lived , that he made him give up his living in this country to ftay with him at Moorpark , and promised to get him one in England : but death came in between , and has ...
... best friend Sir William Temple , who 66 was fo fond of him whilft he lived , that he made him give up his living in this country to ftay with him at Moorpark , and promised to get him one in England : but death came in between , and has ...
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... best friends , had a greater fhare in obftructing . his promotion to the deanery of Derry , than perhaps any filly , tri- fling objections against his youth and sprightlinefs . D. S. p . 114 . * As Swift did not receive thefe livings ...
... best friends , had a greater fhare in obftructing . his promotion to the deanery of Derry , than perhaps any filly , tri- fling objections against his youth and sprightlinefs . D. S. p . 114 . * As Swift did not receive thefe livings ...
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... best writers in the whole world ! Bishop Burnet , my Lord ! faid the Doctor : Why , my Lord , Bi- Shop Burnet was not the author of that discourfe . Not the author of it ? faid the Bishop , Why , Sir , there is never a man in Eng- land ...
... best writers in the whole world ! Bishop Burnet , my Lord ! faid the Doctor : Why , my Lord , Bi- Shop Burnet was not the author of that discourfe . Not the author of it ? faid the Bishop , Why , Sir , there is never a man in Eng- land ...
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