 Predictions for the year 1708; wherein the month, and day of the month are set down, the persons named, and the great actions and events of next year particularly related, as they will come to pass. Written to prevent the people of England from being...  The Library of Benjamin Franklin - Page 767de Edwin Wolf, Kevin J. Hayes - 2006 - 966 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Samuel Halkett, John Laing - 1885 - 434 pages
...PREDICTION (the). [By Mrs STEWARD.] In three volumes. London : 1834. Duodecimo.* [Adv. Lib.] ments. 1994 the people of England from being further impos'd on by vulgar almanackmakers. By Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq. [Jonathan SWIFT, DD] [London:] MDCCV1n. Quarto. Pp. 8.* [Bodl.] PREDICTIONS... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1886 - 396 pages
...title of the/w d'esprit is as follows :—' Predictions for the Year 1708, Wherein the Month and the Day of the Month, are set down, the Persons named,...to prevent the People of England from being further imposed on by the vulgar Almanack-makers. By Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq.' ridge himself as destined to... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1886 - 222 pages
...of doors, or made use of to kindle flames for others to warm themselves by. PREDICTIONS FOR THE TEAR 1708. WHEREIN THE MONTH, AND DAY OF THE MONTH, ARE...ACTIONS AND EVENTS OF NEXT YEAR PARTICULARLY RELATED AS WILL COME. TO PASS. Written to prevent the people of England from being farther imposed on oy vulgar... | |
 | George Atherton Aitken - 1889 - 462 pages
...Swift — taking a name from the sign-board of a shoemaker — wrote his [Predictions for the Tear 1708, " wherein the month and day of the month are...to prevent the people of England from being further imposed on by vulgar almanack-makers. By Isaac Bickerstaff Esq." Isaac Bickerstaff professed to be... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1889 - 460 pages
...loss merely for the sake of destroying it. PREDICTIONS FOR THE YEAR 1708: WHEREIN THE MONTH, AND THE DAY OF THE MONTH, ARE SET DOWN, THE PERSONS NAMED,...TO PREVENT THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND FROM BEING FURTHER IMPOSED ON BY VULGAR ALMANAC-MAKERS. BY ISAAC BICKERSTAFF, ESQ. testimony will not be of much weight... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1896 - 256 pages
...London — published a satire entitled " Predictions for the year 1708, wherein the month, and the day of the month, are set down, the persons named,...to prevent the people of England from being further imposed on by the vulgar almanac makers. By ISAAC BICKERSTAFF, ESQ." He begins very solemnly by deploring... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1897 - 298 pages
...Hewson, was a well-known quack. His almanac for 1708 suggested to Swift his clever practical joke, Predictions for the year 1708, " wherein the month...to prevent the people of England from being further imposed upon by vulgar almanac-makers. By Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq." Swift predicted Partridge's death,... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1897 - 298 pages
...His almanac for 1708 suggested to Swift his clever practical joke, Predictions for the year 17o8, " wherein the month and day of the month are set down,...to prevent the people of England from being further imposed upon by vulgar almanac-makers. By Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq." Swift predicted Partridge's death,... | |
 | John Gay - 1711 - 30 pages
...between ISAAC BICKERSTAFF [JONATHAN SWIFT] and JOHN PARTRIDGE 1708-1710. 1. ISAAC BICKERSTAFF, Esq. Predictions for the Year 1708. Wherein the Month and...Year particularly related, as they will come to pass. (Feb. 1708.) 469 2. A Revenue Officer [JONATHAN SWIFT]. A Letter to a Lord. (30 March 1708.) 480 3.... | |
 | 1897 - 716 pages
...Predictions* for the year 1708. Wherein the Month, and the Day of the Month, are set down, the Person named, and the great Actions and Events of next Year...Written to Prevent the People of England from being farther imposed on by the vulgar Almanack-Makers. The signature, "Isaac Bickerstaff., " Swift took... | |
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