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The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift, Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin. In Thirteen ... - Page 231
by Jonathan Swift - 1774
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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's ..., Volume 10

Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 416 pages
...the mind, or who more improved them by reading and conversation. Yet her memory was not of the best, and was impaired in the latter years of her life. But I cannot call to mind that I ever once heard her make a wrong judgment of persons, books, or affairs. Her advice was always the best,...
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Annual Register of World Events, Volume 8

History - 1802 - 630 pages
...;,lawft againft nature, by the generous kindnefs of two phyficians, and the care of her friends. — Thus far I writ the fame night between eleven and...reading and converfation. Yet her memory was not of the heft, and was impaired in the latter years ol' her life. But I cannot call to mind that I ever once...
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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D. ...: With Notes ..., Volume 14

Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 386 pages
...mind, or who more improved them by reading and conversation. Yet her memory was not of the best, aud was impaired in the latter years of her life. But I cannot call to mind that I ever once heard her make a wrong judgment of persons, books, or affairs. Her advice was always the best,...
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Miscellaneous essays

Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 562 pages
...the mind, or who more improved them by reading and conversation. Yet her memory was not of the best, and was impaired in the latter years of her life. But I cannot call to mind that I ever once heard her make a wrong judgment of persons, books, or affairs Her advice was always the best,...
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The Works of Jonathan Swift: Miscellaneous essays

Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 558 pages
...the mind, or who more improved them by reading and conversation. Yet her memory was not of the best, and was impaired in the latter years of her life. But I cannot call to mind that I ever once heard her make a wrong judgment of persons, books, or affairs Her advice was always the best,...
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The anniversary calendar, natal book, and universal mirror, Volume 1

Anniversary calendar - Almanacs, English - 1832 - 548 pages
...Breitkopf, 1794. Liepsic. Gov. (Joseph) Wall, eie. 1802. Thomas J. Woodward, 1820. Never was any of her sex born with better gifts of the mind, or more improved them by reading and conversation. Her advice was always the best, and with the greatest freedom, mixed with the greatest...
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The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D.: With Copious Notes and ..., Volume 5

Jonathan Swift, Thomas Roscoe - 1859 - 686 pages
...the mind, or who more improved them by reading and conversation. Yet her memory was not of the best, and was impaired in the latter years of her life. But I cannot call to mind that I ever once heard her make a wrong judgment of persons, books, or affairs. Her advice was always the best,...
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My heart's in the Highlands, by the author of 'The nut-brown maids'.

Henrietta Keddie - 1861 - 460 pages
...prosperity and adversity, with some evenness of mind.' — Lady Russell. ' Never was any of her sex born with better gifts of the mind, or more improved them by reading and conversation. Her advice was always the best, and with the greatest freedom mixed with the greatest...
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The Life of Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin

Sir Henry Craik - Authors, Irish - 1882 - 622 pages
...the mind, or who more improved them by reading and conversation. Yet her memory was not of the best, and was impaired in the latter years of her life. But I cannot call to mind that I ever once heard her make a wrong judgment of persons, books, or affairs. Her advice was always the best,...
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The Life of Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin

Sir Henry Craik - Authors, Irish - 1882 - 622 pages
...the mind, or who more improved them by reading and conversation. Yet her memory was not of the best, and was impaired in the latter years of her life. But I cannot call to mind that I ever once heard her make a wrong judgment of persons, books, or affairs. Her advice was always the best,...
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