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quoth Guise ; No shift is here to save thee : The casement it is shut likewise ;
Beneath my seet I have thee , If thou hast ought to speak , speak out . " Then
Lancastere did cry , “ Know'st thou not me , nor yet thyself ? Who thou , and who
am I ...
quoth Guise ; No shift is here to save thee : The casement it is shut likewise ;
Beneath my seet I have thee , If thou hast ought to speak , speak out . " Then
Lancastere did cry , “ Know'st thou not me , nor yet thyself ? Who thou , and who
am I ...
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Oxoniæ prospectus , “ Pox on you , pray speak to us . " For the French ... When a
man speaks any thing that comes uppermost , and some good punfinder
discovers what he never meant in it ; then he is to say , “ You have hit it ! ” As
major - did ...
Oxoniæ prospectus , “ Pox on you , pray speak to us . " For the French ... When a
man speaks any thing that comes uppermost , and some good punfinder
discovers what he never meant in it ; then he is to say , “ You have hit it ! ” As
major - did ...
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act or speak before him . The town was very far from being satisfied with this
reason ; and most people judged the true cause to be , either that he was quite
spent , and wanted matter to continue his undertaking any longer , or that he laid
it ...
act or speak before him . The town was very far from being satisfied with this
reason ; and most people judged the true cause to be , either that he was quite
spent , and wanted matter to continue his undertaking any longer , or that he laid
it ...
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The times which afford most matter for it are , generally speaking , those in which
a man would least choose to live , iv . 179. Modern , ix . 223 . Minute
circumstances of extraordinary facts most pleasing parts of it , iv , 203 History of
the Four last ...
The times which afford most matter for it are , generally speaking , those in which
a man would least choose to live , iv . 179. Modern , ix . 223 . Minute
circumstances of extraordinary facts most pleasing parts of it , iv , 203 History of
the Four last ...
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Applied to by foreign ministers , to speak for them to the lord treasurer and Lord
Bolingbroke , 203 . His description of the rehearsal of Cato , 222 . Gives a
particular narrative of the proceedings respecting his promotion to the deanery of
St.
Applied to by foreign ministers , to speak for them to the lord treasurer and Lord
Bolingbroke , 203 . His description of the rehearsal of Cato , 222 . Gives a
particular narrative of the proceedings respecting his promotion to the deanery of
St.
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| Título | The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D. ...: With Notes, Historical and Critical, Volume 24 British classics The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D. ...: With Notes, Historical and Critical, Thomas Sheridan |
| Autor | Jonathan Swift |
| Editora | W. Durell, 1813 |
| Original de | Biblioteca Pública de Nova York |
| Digitalizado | 15 nov. 2006 |
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