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The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift, Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin. Accurately Corrected by the Best Editions. With the Author's Life and Character; Notes Historical, Critical, and Explanatory; Tables of Contents, and Indexes. More Complete Than Any Preceding Edition. In Eight Volumes

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The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift, Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin. Accurately Corrected by the Best Editions. With the Author's Life and Character; Notes Historical, Critical, and Explanatory; Tables of Contents, and Indexes. More Complete Than Any Preceding Edition. In Eight Volumes Quotes

“Common fluency of speech in many men and most women is owing to a scarcity of matter.”

“A maxim in law has more weight in the world than an article of faith.”

“The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.”

“Better belly burst than good liquor be lost.”

“I know Sir John will go, though he was sure it would rain cats and dogs.”

“Do you think I was born in a wood to be afraid of an owl?”