The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Volume 11Bell, 1907 |
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... answers come out to it already , though it is no politics , but a harmless proposal about the improvement of the English tongue . I believe , if I writ an essay upon a straw , some fool would answer it . " He referred to it again in ...
... answers come out to it already , though it is no politics , but a harmless proposal about the improvement of the English tongue . I believe , if I writ an essay upon a straw , some fool would answer it . " He referred to it again in ...
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... answer in so different a style , from what has been commonly made use of on the like occasions , for some years past ; that all such thoughts must be deferred to a time of peace ; a topic which some have carried so far , that they would ...
... answer in so different a style , from what has been commonly made use of on the like occasions , for some years past ; that all such thoughts must be deferred to a time of peace ; a topic which some have carried so far , that they would ...
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... occasion , distinguish themselves by some extraordinary production of wit or learn- ing , would be amply sufficient to answer the end . Or , if any such persons were above money , ( as every great 20 A PROPOSAL FOR CORRECTING , IMPROVING ,
... occasion , distinguish themselves by some extraordinary production of wit or learn- ing , would be amply sufficient to answer the end . Or , if any such persons were above money , ( as every great 20 A PROPOSAL FOR CORRECTING , IMPROVING ,
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... themselves by some extraordinary production of wit or learning , would be amply sufficient to answer the end . Or , if any a such persons were above money , ( as every great 20 A PROPOSAL FOR CORRECTING , IMPROVING ,
... themselves by some extraordinary production of wit or learning , would be amply sufficient to answer the end . Or , if any a such persons were above money , ( as every great 20 A PROPOSAL FOR CORRECTING , IMPROVING ,
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... answer it to his trust or interest to disparage precedence ? For what other reason in nature but precedence , did a great man of my acquaintance , lately become a double grand compounder for his degree ; and another undeceive mankind ...
... answer it to his trust or interest to disparage precedence ? For what other reason in nature but precedence , did a great man of my acquaintance , lately become a double grand compounder for his degree ; and another undeceive mankind ...
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