The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volume 5J. Johnson, J. Nichols, R. Baldwin, Otridge and Son, J. Sewell, F. and C. Rivington, T. Payne, R. Faulder, G. and J. Robinson, R. Lea, J. Nunn, W. Cuthell, T. Egerton, ... [and 12 others], 1801 |
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... Almanack maker . 31 Squire Bickerstaff detected ...... 37 A Vindication of Isaac Bickerstaff , esq .. Merlin's Prophecy ...... A Meditation upon a Broomstick .. English Tongue .... A Letter to a Young Clergyman .. An Essay on the Fates ...
... Almanack maker . 31 Squire Bickerstaff detected ...... 37 A Vindication of Isaac Bickerstaff , esq .. Merlin's Prophecy ...... A Meditation upon a Broomstick .. English Tongue .... A Letter to a Young Clergyman .. An Essay on the Fates ...
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... almanack ; but I value it not ; and perhaps like flies , they may buzz so often about the candle , till they burn their wings . They must pardon me , if I venture to give them this advice , not to rail at what they cannot understand ...
... almanack ; but I value it not ; and perhaps like flies , they may buzz so often about the candle , till they burn their wings . They must pardon me , if I venture to give them this advice , not to rail at what they cannot understand ...
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... ALMANACK - MAKERS . BY ISAAC BICKERSTAFF , Esq . + I HAVE considered the gross abuse of astrology in this kingdom , and upon debating the matter with myself , I could not possibly lay the fault upon the art , but upon those gross ...
... ALMANACK - MAKERS . BY ISAAC BICKERSTAFF , Esq . + I HAVE considered the gross abuse of astrology in this kingdom , and upon debating the matter with myself , I could not possibly lay the fault upon the art , but upon those gross ...
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... almanack , to find out the events of the year , at home and abroad ; not daring to propose a hunting match , till Gadbury or he have fixed the weather . * . I will allow either of the two I have mentioned , or any other of the ...
... almanack , to find out the events of the year , at home and abroad ; not daring to propose a hunting match , till Gadbury or he have fixed the weather . * . I will allow either of the two I have mentioned , or any other of the ...
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... almanack- maker , of whom it was foretold in Mr. Bickerstaff's Predictions , published about a month ago , that he should die the 29th instant about eleven at night of a raging fever . I had some sort of knowledge of him , when I was ...
... almanack- maker , of whom it was foretold in Mr. Bickerstaff's Predictions , published about a month ago , that he should die the 29th instant about eleven at night of a raging fever . I had some sort of knowledge of him , when I was ...
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