The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift; Accurately Revised Adorned with Copper-Plates; with Some Account of the Author's Life, and Notes
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ISBN13: 9781153891073
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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1768. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... T O / S E R V A N T Si (Dtt A P. i. to the B U T L E R. IN my dire&ioris to fervants, I find from; my long obfervation DEGREES that you butlerd are the principal perfons concerned* Your bufinefs being of the greatest va* tiety DEGREES and requiring the greateft exadnefsj I ihall at well as lean recolled.ru n through the fevefal brane'hesdfyour office $ and order my inftrudtionfc accordingly. Ifl Baiting at the fide-board, take All poffible care to fave ydur oWri trouble, and your niafter's drinking-glaffes j therefore DEGREES firft, fince thofe who dine at the fame ta-* ble are fuppofed to be friends, let them all drink out of the fame glafs without wafh-- ing, which will fave you much pains, a3 well as the hazard of breaking them. Give no pet/on any liqiior until he hath called C 3 for for it thrice at leaft; by which means, fome out of modefty, and others out of forgetfulnefs, will call the feldomer, and thus your mafter's liquor be faved., If any one defires a glafs of bottled ale, jjrft fhake the bottle, to fee whether anything be in it; then tafte it, to fee what liquor it is, that you may not be miftaken; and laftly, wipe the mouth of the bottle with the palm of your hand to fhew your cleanlinefs. ., .'- Be more careful to have the cork in the belly of the bottle than in the mouth; and, if the cork be mufty, or white fryers in your liquor, your mafter will fave the more. If an humble companipn, a chaplain, a tutor, or a dependent coufin happen to be, at table, whom you find to be little regarded by the mafter, and the company, which nobodv is readier to difcover and obferve than we fervants, it muft be the bufmefs of you and the footman, to follow the example of your betters, by treating h'm many degrees worfe than any of the reft:, and you cannot pleafe your mafter I e...
| ISBN-13 | 9781153891073 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1153891077 |
| Weight | 0.42 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.29 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 122 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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