The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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... manners , fingular in every respect , awakened general curiofity . By his good fenfe and penetration , his public fpirit , and his charities , emi- nent and estimable in a very high degree : by his pecu- liar and amazing genius for wit ...
... manners , fingular in every respect , awakened general curiofity . By his good fenfe and penetration , his public fpirit , and his charities , emi- nent and estimable in a very high degree : by his pecu- liar and amazing genius for wit ...
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... manner , they were not borrowed from any fort of contempt which he had fecretly entertained against Ireland confidered merely as a nation , but ra- ther proceeded from several other fources , which will appear afterward . [ D. S. p . 26 ...
... manner , they were not borrowed from any fort of contempt which he had fecretly entertained against Ireland confidered merely as a nation , but ra- ther proceeded from several other fources , which will appear afterward . [ D. S. p . 26 ...
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... manner of travelling was very extraordinary . He always went on foot , except the weather was very bad ; and then he would fometimes take fhelter in a waggon . He chose to dine at obfcure alehouses among pedlars and hoftlers , and to ...
... manner of travelling was very extraordinary . He always went on foot , except the weather was very bad ; and then he would fometimes take fhelter in a waggon . He chose to dine at obfcure alehouses among pedlars and hoftlers , and to ...
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... manner he went down to his mother upon his leaving Sir William , and from Leicefter he wrote a let- ter , dated June 1694 , [ in vol . 4. p . 194. ] to his cou- fin Deane Swift , then at Lisbon ; in which he relates his quarrel with Sir ...
... manner he went down to his mother upon his leaving Sir William , and from Leicefter he wrote a let- ter , dated June 1694 , [ in vol . 4. p . 194. ] to his cou- fin Deane Swift , then at Lisbon ; in which he relates his quarrel with Sir ...
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... manner of thinking , I fhall not prefume to determine . However , it is by no means improbable , that Swift's prodigious talents , which appear throughout his whole life to have been dreaded by all his contemporaries , not excepting ...
... manner of thinking , I fhall not prefume to determine . However , it is by no means improbable , that Swift's prodigious talents , which appear throughout his whole life to have been dreaded by all his contemporaries , not excepting ...
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