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... preserved in his conversation with the minis- ters , of the frankness of his remonstrances , and the fami- liarity of his friendship . In accounts of this kind a few single incidents are set against the general tenor of behaviour 18 SWIFT .
... preserved in his conversation with the minis- ters , of the frankness of his remonstrances , and the fami- liarity of his friendship . In accounts of this kind a few single incidents are set against the general tenor of behaviour 18 SWIFT .
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... kind , or by whose prudence , is not known ; and such was the increase of his reputation , that the Scottish " Nation applied again that he would be their friend . " He was become so formidable to the whigs , that his familiarity with ...
... kind , or by whose prudence , is not known ; and such was the increase of his reputation , that the Scottish " Nation applied again that he would be their friend . " He was become so formidable to the whigs , that his familiarity with ...
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... kind of muddy complexion , which , though he washed himself with oriental scrupulosity , did not look clear . He had a countenance sour and se- vere , which he seldom softened by any appearance of gaiety . He stubbornly resisted any ...
... kind of muddy complexion , which , though he washed himself with oriental scrupulosity , did not look clear . He had a countenance sour and se- vere , which he seldom softened by any appearance of gaiety . He stubbornly resisted any ...
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... . Whatever he did , he seemed willing to do in a man- ner peculiar to himself , without sufficiently considering that singularity , as it implies a contempt of the gene- ral practice , is a kind of defiance which justly 40 SWIFT .
... . Whatever he did , he seemed willing to do in a man- ner peculiar to himself , without sufficiently considering that singularity , as it implies a contempt of the gene- ral practice , is a kind of defiance which justly 40 SWIFT .
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Samuel Johnson. ral practice , is a kind of defiance which justly provokes the hostility of ridicule ; he , therefore , who indulges peculiar habits is worse than others , if he be not better . Of his humour , a story told by Pope * may ...
Samuel Johnson. ral practice , is a kind of defiance which justly provokes the hostility of ridicule ; he , therefore , who indulges peculiar habits is worse than others , if he be not better . Of his humour , a story told by Pope * may ...
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