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For instance , here is Lord Treasurer assures me that what you ask is a trifle , that the Queen would easily consent to it , and he would do so too ; then adds some general condition , etc. , as I told you before ; then comes Lord ...
For instance , here is Lord Treasurer assures me that what you ask is a trifle , that the Queen would easily consent to it , and he would do so too ; then adds some general condition , etc. , as I told you before ; then comes Lord ...
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CHAPTER I THE FOUR LAST YEARS OF QUEEN ANNE 1 On the last day of August 1710 a sudden decision by the Irish bishops snatched Swift from the obscurity in which he had been passing his days since his last return to Ireland ...
CHAPTER I THE FOUR LAST YEARS OF QUEEN ANNE 1 On the last day of August 1710 a sudden decision by the Irish bishops snatched Swift from the obscurity in which he had been passing his days since his last return to Ireland ...
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Early in September he was setting Lady Masham to undermine the lord treasurer's credit with the queen . The election that autumn saved the tory majority , but it was no longer a secret that the party was rotting asunder .
Early in September he was setting Lady Masham to undermine the lord treasurer's credit with the queen . The election that autumn saved the tory majority , but it was no longer a secret that the party was rotting asunder .
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Contents
CHAPTER | 3 |
MOOR PARK AND SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE | 10 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a | 49 |
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| Title | The Mind and Art of Jonathan Swift |
| Author | Ricardo Quintana |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1953 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 400 pages |
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