A Supplement to Dr. Swift's Works: Containing, I. Miscellanies, by Dr. Arbuthnot. II. Several Pieces, by Dr. Swift and Mr. Pope. III. Poems on Several OccasionsG. Hamilton and J. Balfour., 1753 - 347 páginas |
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... - withstanding , to indulge the reader's fancy and cu- riofity , I have printed at the bottom of the page the fuppofed allufions of the most obscure parts of the fto- sy . THE THE HISTORY O F JOHN BULL . I CHAP . 12 The PREFACE .
... - withstanding , to indulge the reader's fancy and cu- riofity , I have printed at the bottom of the page the fuppofed allufions of the most obscure parts of the fto- sy . THE THE HISTORY O F JOHN BULL . I CHAP . 12 The PREFACE .
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... CHAP . I. The occafion of the law - fuit . Need not tell you of the great quarrels that have happened in our neighbourhood , fince the death of the late * Lord Strutt ; how the + parfon and a cunning attorney , got him to fettle his ...
... CHAP . I. The occafion of the law - fuit . Need not tell you of the great quarrels that have happened in our neighbourhood , fince the death of the late * Lord Strutt ; how the + parfon and a cunning attorney , got him to fettle his ...
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... CHAP . The first letter of congratulation from K. W .--- -and the ftates of H- crown of Sp + The English . upon K. P.- -p's acceffion to the The Dutch . CHAP . II . How Bull and Frog grew jealous 14 The HISTORY of.
... CHAP . The first letter of congratulation from K. W .--- -and the ftates of H- crown of Sp + The English . upon K. P.- -p's acceffion to the The Dutch . CHAP . II . How Bull and Frog grew jealous 14 The HISTORY of.
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... CHAP . II . How Bull and Frog grew jealous that the Lord Strutt intended to give all his custom to his grandfather ... CHAP . CHAP . III . A copy of Bull and Frog's JOHN BULL . 15.
... CHAP . II . How Bull and Frog grew jealous that the Lord Strutt intended to give all his custom to his grandfather ... CHAP . CHAP . III . A copy of Bull and Frog's JOHN BULL . 15.
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... CHAP . III . A copy of Bull and Frog's letter to Lord Strutt . " s My LORD , Suppofe your Lordship knows , that the Bulls and the Frogs have ferved the Lord Strutts with all " forts of drapery ware , time out of mind : and where- " as ...
... CHAP . III . A copy of Bull and Frog's letter to Lord Strutt . " s My LORD , Suppofe your Lordship knows , that the Bulls and the Frogs have ferved the Lord Strutts with all " forts of drapery ware , time out of mind : and where- " as ...
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