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... less curiosity . For who can give an account of ano- ther's studies ? Swift was not likely to admit any to his privacies , or to impart a minute account of his bu- siness or his leisure . Soon after , 1716 , in his forty - ninth year ...
... less curiosity . For who can give an account of ano- ther's studies ? Swift was not likely to admit any to his privacies , or to impart a minute account of his bu- siness or his leisure . Soon after , 1716 , in his forty - ninth year ...
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... less frugal of his wine than of his meat . When his friends of either sex came to him in expectation of a dinner , his custom was to give every one a shilling , that they might please themselves with their provision . At last his ...
... less frugal of his wine than of his meat . When his friends of either sex came to him in expectation of a dinner , his custom was to give every one a shilling , that they might please themselves with their provision . At last his ...
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... less , and speechless . But it is said , that , after a year of total silence , when his housekeeper , on the 30th of November , told him that the usual bonfires and illumi- nations were preparing to celebrate his birth - day , he ...
... less , and speechless . But it is said , that , after a year of total silence , when his housekeeper , on the 30th of November , told him that the usual bonfires and illumi- nations were preparing to celebrate his birth - day , he ...
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... less mischievous than open impiety . Dr. Delany , with all his zeal for his honour , has justly condemned this part of his character . The person of Swift had not many recommenda- tions . He had a kind of muddy complexion , which ...
... less mischievous than open impiety . Dr. Delany , with all his zeal for his honour , has justly condemned this part of his character . The person of Swift had not many recommenda- tions . He had a kind of muddy complexion , which ...
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... less indignity or endured by clemency and condescen- sion . Of Swift's general habits of thinking , if his letters can be supposed to afford any evidence , he was not a man to be either loved or envied . He seems to have wasted life in ...
... less indignity or endured by clemency and condescen- sion . Of Swift's general habits of thinking , if his letters can be supposed to afford any evidence , he was not a man to be either loved or envied . He seems to have wasted life in ...
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