The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Including the Whole of His Posthumous Pieces, Letters, &c, Volume 9C. Elliot, 1766 |
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... Set forth in their generous Encouragement of the Author of The CRISIS . WITH Some Obfervations on the Seafonablenefs , Can- dour , Erudition , and Style of that Treatise . VOL . IX . B Upon the first publication of this pamphlet , all the.
... Set forth in their generous Encouragement of the Author of The CRISIS . WITH Some Obfervations on the Seafonablenefs , Can- dour , Erudition , and Style of that Treatise . VOL . IX . B Upon the first publication of this pamphlet , all the.
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... first publication of this pamphlet , all the Scotch Lords , then in London , went in a body , and complained to Queen ANNE of the affront put on them and their nation by the author of this Treatife . Whereupon a proclamation was ...
... first publication of this pamphlet , all the Scotch Lords , then in London , went in a body , and complained to Queen ANNE of the affront put on them and their nation by the author of this Treatife . Whereupon a proclamation was ...
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... first publication , was made the 2d of March 1713-14 , and the pamphlet , according to the custom of printers , was dated 1714 . * See Voyage to Brobdingnag , Chap . VI . B 2 the the wit , the style , the argument . Let.
... first publication , was made the 2d of March 1713-14 , and the pamphlet , according to the custom of printers , was dated 1714 . * See Voyage to Brobdingnag , Chap . VI . B 2 the the wit , the style , the argument . Let.
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... first of these seems to have been much funk in reputation , fince the fudden retreat of the only true genuine original author , Mr. Rid- path , who is celebrated by the Dutch gazetteer as one of the best pens in England . Mr. Dunton ...
... first of these seems to have been much funk in reputation , fince the fudden retreat of the only true genuine original author , Mr. Rid- path , who is celebrated by the Dutch gazetteer as one of the best pens in England . Mr. Dunton ...
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... first words you perceive are , The Crisis ; or , A difcourfe , & c . The interpreter of Suidas gives four tranflations of the word Crifis ; any of which may be as properly applied to this author's let- ter ter to the bailiff of ...
... first words you perceive are , The Crisis ; or , A difcourfe , & c . The interpreter of Suidas gives four tranflations of the word Crifis ; any of which may be as properly applied to this author's let- ter ter to the bailiff of ...
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