The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volumen1C. Bathurst, 1768 |
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Jonathan Swift John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift. PUBLIC LIBRARY 150908 ASTOR , LENOX AND TILDEN POUNDATIONS . 1899 . PREFACE . HE Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift were written THE NEW YORK.
Jonathan Swift John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift. PUBLIC LIBRARY 150908 ASTOR , LENOX AND TILDEN POUNDATIONS . 1899 . PREFACE . HE Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift were written THE NEW YORK.
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... written and published at very diftant periods of his life , and had passed through many editions before they were col- lected into volumes , or diftinguished from the productions of contemporary wits , with whom he was known to ...
... written and published at very diftant periods of his life , and had passed through many editions before they were col- lected into volumes , or diftinguished from the productions of contemporary wits , with whom he was known to ...
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... written between the years 1691 , and 1727 , were then collected and published by the Dean in conjunction with Mr. Pope , Dr. Arbuthnot , and Mr. Gay , under the title of Mifcellanies ; of all thefe pieces , though they were intended to ...
... written between the years 1691 , and 1727 , were then collected and published by the Dean in conjunction with Mr. Pope , Dr. Arbuthnot , and Mr. Gay , under the title of Mifcellanies ; of all thefe pieces , though they were intended to ...
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... written , if not by the Dean , yet by fome friend who knew his particular view in the paffage they were intended to illuf- trate , or the truth of the fact which they afferted ; however , this has fince appeared not always to have been ...
... written , if not by the Dean , yet by fome friend who knew his particular view in the paffage they were intended to illuf- trate , or the truth of the fact which they afferted ; however , this has fince appeared not always to have been ...
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... written , and the events which they produced , could not be related in a feries , without frequent references and quotations , it was thought more eligible to put them to- gether ; in the text innumerable paffages have been restored ...
... written , and the events which they produced , could not be related in a feries , without frequent references and quotations , it was thought more eligible to put them to- gether ; in the text innumerable paffages have been restored ...
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