History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles: 1713-1783J. Murray, 1838 - Great Britain |
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... . Affair of Wood's Patent Dissatisfaction in Ireland Exertions of Swift ..... The Drapier's Letters ........... Page 90 92 95 96 The popular ferment increases ...... .................................................................
... . Affair of Wood's Patent Dissatisfaction in Ireland Exertions of Swift ..... The Drapier's Letters ........... Page 90 92 95 96 The popular ferment increases ...... .................................................................
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... Swift in 1726 His last journey to England in 1727 His Gulliver's Travels ...... He retires to Ireland in disgust Complaints of Gay against the Queen His Beggar's Opera and Polly ......... Licentiousness of the Stage ....... 346 ...
... Swift in 1726 His last journey to England in 1727 His Gulliver's Travels ...... He retires to Ireland in disgust Complaints of Gay against the Queen His Beggar's Opera and Polly ......... Licentiousness of the Stage ....... 346 ...
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... his " beloved child : though perhaps you may say , if he loves it no " better than his son , it may not be saying much ! " ( Duchess of Ormond to Swift , April 18. 1720 . XI . 1720 . selves partaken of it . They 14 HISTORY OF ENGLAND.
... his " beloved child : though perhaps you may say , if he loves it no " better than his son , it may not be saying much ! " ( Duchess of Ormond to Swift , April 18. 1720 . XI . 1720 . selves partaken of it . They 14 HISTORY OF ENGLAND.
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... ; since which accident , I am told he has shortened his " stirrups three bores ; they were not long before ! " Dr. Ar- buthnot to Swift , December 11. 1718 . 1722 . CHAP . and secrecy . He wrote to FROM THE PEACE OF UTRECHT . 47.
... ; since which accident , I am told he has shortened his " stirrups three bores ; they were not long before ! " Dr. Ar- buthnot to Swift , December 11. 1718 . 1722 . CHAP . and secrecy . He wrote to FROM THE PEACE OF UTRECHT . 47.
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... Swift , April 18. 1711. On the style of this striking letter Swift remarks in his Journal , " He writes so " well , I have no mind to answer him ; and so kind , that I must " answer him ! " CHAP . pure ; his labours for the Established ...
... Swift , April 18. 1711. On the style of this striking letter Swift remarks in his Journal , " He writes so " well , I have no mind to answer him ; and so kind , that I must " answer him ! " CHAP . pure ; his labours for the Established ...
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Page 346 - ... their manner of writing is very peculiar, being neither from the left to the right, like the Europeans ; nor from the right to the left, like the Arabians ; nor from up to down, like the Chinese ; but aslant, from one corner of the paper to the other, like ladies in England.