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Reflections on Dr. Swift's letter to the Earl of Oxford, about the English tongue

Oldmixon, John (1673-1742)

[1712]

An attack on Swift's Proposal for correcting, improving and ascertaining the English tongue. Anon., by John Oldmixon.

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A proposal for correcting, improving and ascertaining the English tongue : in a letter to the most honourable Robert Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Oxford, Robert Harley Earl of (1661-1724)

1712

Letter signed: J. Swift. Half-title: 'Dr. Swift's letter to the Lord High Treasurer'.

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