The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Volume 11Bell, 1907 |
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... believe , if I writ an essay upon a straw , some fool would answer it . " He referred to it again in July . Evidently Swift thought very highly of his proposal . He had already hinted at what he expands in this pamphlet , in the ...
... believe , if I writ an essay upon a straw , some fool would answer it . " He referred to it again in July . Evidently Swift thought very highly of his proposal . He had already hinted at what he expands in this pamphlet , in the ...
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... believe your lordship will agree with me in the reason , why our language is less refined than those of Italy , Spain , or France . ' Tis plain , that the Latin tongue in its purity was never in this island , towards the conquest of ...
... believe your lordship will agree with me in the reason , why our language is less refined than those of Italy , Spain , or France . ' Tis plain , that the Latin tongue in its purity was never in this island , towards the conquest of ...
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... believe that the desire of fame has been no inconsiderable motive 2 1 Swift made some strenuous efforts to obtain the post of histori- ographer . [ T. S. ] 2 Harley was stabbed by Guiscard . See previous volume on His- torical Tracts ...
... believe that the desire of fame has been no inconsiderable motive 2 1 Swift made some strenuous efforts to obtain the post of histori- ographer . [ T. S. ] 2 Harley was stabbed by Guiscard . See previous volume on His- torical Tracts ...
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... believe it is for this reason that so few writers among us , of any distinction , have turned their thoughts to such a discouraging employment ; for the best English historian must lie under this mortification , that when his style ...
... believe it is for this reason that so few writers among us , of any distinction , have turned their thoughts to such a discouraging employment ; for the best English historian must lie under this mortification , that when his style ...
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... believe , that upon this religious principle all our late promotions of nobility have proceeded , and that so many gentlemen have procured themselves titles , not as some have injuriously thought , that they might take place of their ...
... believe , that upon this religious principle all our late promotions of nobility have proceeded , and that so many gentlemen have procured themselves titles , not as some have injuriously thought , that they might take place of their ...
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