The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volume 8C. Bathurst, C. Davis, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. Hodges, R. and J. Dodsley, and W. Bowyer., 1754 |
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... where the serpent with seven heads cast out of his mouth water after the WOMAN like a flood , that he might cause her to be carried awury of the flood : but the Earth helped the woman , and the earth opened ber mouth , and swallowed ...
... where the serpent with seven heads cast out of his mouth water after the WOMAN like a flood , that he might cause her to be carried awury of the flood : but the Earth helped the woman , and the earth opened ber mouth , and swallowed ...
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| Title | The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volume 8 The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, John Hawkesworth |
| Authors | Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth |
| Publisher | C. Bathurst, C. Davis, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. Hodges, R. and J. Dodsley, and W. Bowyer., 1754 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 24 Oct 2005 |
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