The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Volume 11Bell, 1907 |
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... better care be taken in the education of our young nobility , that they may set out into the world with some foundation of literature , in order to qualify them for patterns of politeness . The consequence of this defect upon our ...
... better care be taken in the education of our young nobility , that they may set out into the world with some foundation of literature , in order to qualify them for patterns of politeness . The consequence of this defect upon our ...
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... better a lan- guage should not be wholly perfect , than that it should be perpetually changing ; and we must give over at one time , or at length infallibly change for the worse ; as the Romans did , when they began to quit their ...
... better a lan- guage should not be wholly perfect , than that it should be perpetually changing ; and we must give over at one time , or at length infallibly change for the worse ; as the Romans did , when they began to quit their ...
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... better perhaps than could have been done had Harley carried out this some- what absurd scheme . [ T. S. ] 2 What would Swift have said to Macaulay's language or Froude's English ? [ T. S. ] ૧ . a work with spirit and cheerfulness ...
... better perhaps than could have been done had Harley carried out this some- what absurd scheme . [ T. S. ] 2 What would Swift have said to Macaulay's language or Froude's English ? [ T. S. ] ૧ . a work with spirit and cheerfulness ...
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... better appetite 1 2 4 " Behind the first , yet still before the last . ' DUNCOMBE . " Seize on the present joy , and thus possess , Where'er you live , an inward happiness . " FRANCIS . 3 A man called the fire - eater , who exhibited ...
... better appetite 1 2 4 " Behind the first , yet still before the last . ' DUNCOMBE . " Seize on the present joy , and thus possess , Where'er you live , an inward happiness . " FRANCIS . 3 A man called the fire - eater , who exhibited ...
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... better all their lives after ? Don't we use to say a man of honour stomachs an indignity ? Is not English feeding the foundation of English bravery ; and good claret , of fierté and French sprightliness ? In short , courage , honour ...
... better all their lives after ? Don't we use to say a man of honour stomachs an indignity ? Is not English feeding the foundation of English bravery ; and good claret , of fierté and French sprightliness ? In short , courage , honour ...
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