Better belly burst than good liquor be lost. ✨ Jonathan Swift (1761). …

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Better belly burst than good liquor be lost. ✨ Jonathan Swift (1761). The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift, Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin. Accurately Corrected by the Best Editions. With the Author's Life and Character; Notes Historical, Critical, and Explanatory; Tables of Contents, and Indexes. More Complete Than Any Preceding Edition. In Eight Volumes, p.322
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