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[Swift, Jonathan]. Proposal for Virtue

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[Swift, Jonathan]. Proposal for Virtue

Description: The headings for a pamphlet which was apparently never written, with, on the verso, a draft of proposals for establishing a fellowship at Trinity College, Dublin, part of Swift's will.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: [approximately 1727].
Call number: HM 14346.

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