The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Volume 11Bell, 1907 |
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... carried so far , that they would not have us by 2 The " Proposal , " as the original title - page of the tract stated , was addressed to 66 Robert , Earl of Oxford and Mortimer , Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain . " This was the ...
... carried so far , that they would not have us by 2 The " Proposal , " as the original title - page of the tract stated , was addressed to 66 Robert , Earl of Oxford and Mortimer , Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain . " This was the ...
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... carried on , our conversation has very much degenerated . In order to reform our language , I conceive , my lord , that a free judicious choice should be made of such persons , as are generally allowed to be best qualified for such a ...
... carried on , our conversation has very much degenerated . In order to reform our language , I conceive , my lord , that a free judicious choice should be made of such persons , as are generally allowed to be best qualified for such a ...
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... 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 , when he considers 18 A PROPOSAL FOR CORRECTING ...
... 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 , when he considers 18 A PROPOSAL FOR CORRECTING ...
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... carry their dispute about place as high as any other sort of men ; so their practice ( such is my deference ) is to me the best gloss upon duty , and my conviction , and should be his . And this plainly determines the point against him ...
... carry their dispute about place as high as any other sort of men ; so their practice ( such is my deference ) is to me the best gloss upon duty , and my conviction , and should be his . And this plainly determines the point against him ...
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... carry a little pocket com- pass in my left fob , and from that I take my measures im- perceptibly , as from a watch , in the usual way of comparing time before dinner ; or if I chance to forget that , I consider the situation of the ...
... carry a little pocket com- pass in my left fob , and from that I take my measures im- perceptibly , as from a watch , in the usual way of comparing time before dinner ; or if I chance to forget that , I consider the situation of the ...
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