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Proper words in proper places, make the true definition of a style. — Jonathan Swift

Proper words in proper places, make the true definition of a style.

Jonathan Swift
1720
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Good writingWriting
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1720
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Jonathan Swift
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Swift, Jonathan. "Letter to a Young Clergyman Lately Entered into Holy Orders (1720)." A Modest Proposal and Other Writings, edited by Carole Fabricant. Penguin, 2009.
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Swift, Jonathan. Letter to a Young Clergyman Lately Entered into Holy Orders. 9 Jan. 1720.

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