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" I do therefore affirm upon the word of a sincere man, that there is now actually in being a certain poet, called John Dryden, whose translation of Virgil was lately printed in a large folio, well bound, and if diligent search were made, for aught... "
The Works ...: With the Author's Life and Character, Notes [etc.] In Eight ... - Page 25
by Jonathan Swift - 1761
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The Tale of a Tub and Other Works

Jonathan Swift - 1889 - 460 pages
...this minute I am writing ; •what revolutions may happen before it shall be ready for your perusal I can by no means warrant ; however, I beg you to accept it as a specimen of our learning, our politeness, and our wit. I do therefore affirm, upon the word of a sincere...
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Swift: Selections from His Works, Volume 1

Jonathan Swift - 1892 - 500 pages
...this minute I am writing : what revolutions may happen before it shall be 15 ready for your perusal. I can by no means warrant : however, I beg you to accept it as a specimen of our learning^ our politeness, and our wit. I do therefore affirm, upon the word of a sincere...
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English Prose: Selections : with Critical Introductions by Various ..., Volume 3

Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 648 pages
...this minute I am writing : what revolutions may happen before it shall be ready for your perusal, I can by no means warrant : however, I beg you to accept it as a specimen of our learning, our politeness, and our wit. I do therefore affirm, upon the word of a sincere...
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English Prose: Selections, Volume 3

Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 648 pages
...this minute I am writing : what revolutions may happen before it shall be ready for your perusal, I can by no means warrant : however, I beg you to accept it as a specimen of our learning, our politeness, and our wit. I do therefore affirm, upon the word of a sincere...
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English Prose: Selections, Volume 3

Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 674 pages
...specimen of our learning, our politeness, and our wit. I do therefore affirm, upon the word of a sincere man, that there is now actually in being a certain poet, called John Dryden, whose translation of Virgil was lately printed in a large folio, well bound and, if diligent...
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Selections from the Prose Writings of Jonathan Swift: With a Preface and Notes

Jonathan Swift, Stanley Lane-Poole - 1896 - 328 pages
...this minute I am writing: what revolutions may happen before it shall be ready for your perusal, I can by no means warrant ; however, I beg you to accept it as a specimen of our learning, our politeness, and our wit. I do therefore affirm, upon the word of a sincere...
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The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift: The journal to Stella. A.D. 1710-1713

Jonathan Swift - 1897 - 478 pages
...this minute I am writing : what revolutions may happen before it shall be ready for your perusal, I can by no means warrant : however, I beg you to accept it as a specimen of our learning, our politeness, and our wit. I do therefore affirm, upon the word of a sincere...
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Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History Critical ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1902 - 860 pages
...this minute I am writing : what revolutions may happen before it shall be ready for your perusal, I can by no means warrant : however, I beg you to accept it as a specimen of our learning, our politeness, and our wit. I do therefore affirm, upon the word of a sincere...
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A Selection from the Best English Essays Illustrative of the History of ...

Sherwin Cody - 1903 - 476 pages
...this minute I am writing: what revolutions may happen before it shall be ready for your perusal, I can by no means warrant : however, I beg you to accept it as' a specimen of our learning, our politeness, and our wit. I do therefore affirm, upon the word of a sincere...
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A Selection from the Best English Essays Illustrative of the History of ...

Sherwin Cody - 1903 - 476 pages
...by no means warrant : however, I beg you to accept it as a specimen of our learning, our politeness, and our wit. I do therefore affirm, upon the word of a sincere man, that there is now actually in being a certain poet, called John Dryden, whose translation...
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