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... reasons ? I have plucked up my spirits since then ; faith , he spoiled a fine gentleman ! " He read to Temple , kept his accounts , discharged the duties of secretary , and was pronounced by his patron to be " very diligent and honest ...
... reasons ? I have plucked up my spirits since then ; faith , he spoiled a fine gentleman ! " He read to Temple , kept his accounts , discharged the duties of secretary , and was pronounced by his patron to be " very diligent and honest ...
Página xxi
... reason , however , why it should have been refused , nor does Temple appear to have made any difficulty or reproaches . Swift was ordained , and he obtained a small living of Kilroot , which was situated in a remote district , chiefly ...
... reason , however , why it should have been refused , nor does Temple appear to have made any difficulty or reproaches . Swift was ordained , and he obtained a small living of Kilroot , which was situated in a remote district , chiefly ...
Página xxii
... reason to believe that the first sketch of " The Tale of a Tub " was written at Kilroot , but it was on his return to Moor Park in 1697 that this great work assumed its com- plete form , though it was not published till 1704. To the ...
... reason to believe that the first sketch of " The Tale of a Tub " was written at Kilroot , but it was on his return to Moor Park in 1697 that this great work assumed its com- plete form , though it was not published till 1704. To the ...
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... : " He knew no reason why those who enter- tained opinions prejudicial to the public should be obliged to change , and should not be obliged to conceal them . And as it was tyranny in any XXX BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION .
... : " He knew no reason why those who enter- tained opinions prejudicial to the public should be obliged to change , and should not be obliged to conceal them . And as it was tyranny in any XXX BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION .
Página xxxii
... reasons the termination of the war was regarded by the Tory party as a supreme party , as well as a supreme national interest . " " Swift , more than any other single man , contributed to impress this conviction on the mind of the ...
... reasons the termination of the war was regarded by the Tory party as a supreme party , as well as a supreme national interest . " " Swift , more than any other single man , contributed to impress this conviction on the mind of the ...
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