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... Travels ' in 1726 , ' The Dunciad ' in 1728 . What did Arbuthnot publish in 1727 ? Tables of Ancient Coins , Weights and Measures a standard work . He ended his preface with these words : " I propose no reputation by it , and I hope I ...
... Travels ' in 1726 , ' The Dunciad ' in 1728 . What did Arbuthnot publish in 1727 ? Tables of Ancient Coins , Weights and Measures a standard work . He ended his preface with these words : " I propose no reputation by it , and I hope I ...
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... Travels , " he wrote on hearing that Arbuthnot had been ill ; and he added , " I pray God protect him , for he is an excellent Christian , though not a Catholic , and as fit a man either to live or die as ever I knew " . ' Gulliver's ...
... Travels , " he wrote on hearing that Arbuthnot had been ill ; and he added , " I pray God protect him , for he is an excellent Christian , though not a Catholic , and as fit a man either to live or die as ever I knew " . ' Gulliver's ...
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... Travels , these " admirable things " , would shake man into seeing what a knave or a fool he generally is , * and so put him on the fair way to mend . The book was written to " mend the world " . His satire was-- " with a moral view ...
... Travels , these " admirable things " , would shake man into seeing what a knave or a fool he generally is , * and so put him on the fair way to mend . The book was written to " mend the world " . His satire was-- " with a moral view ...
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Some English Letter Writers of the Seventeenth | 1 |
Some Observations By Professor | 29 |
Plato and Ruskin By THE VERY REV W | 49 |
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