The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, DublinC. Bathurst, J. Rivington, W. Strahan, B. Collins, J. Hinton, J. Dodsley, L. Davis and C. Reymers, R. Baldwin, and W. Bowyer, 1766 |
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Page xxxii
... say , because his original intention was not to marry her at all he never fuffered his behaviour towards females to exceed the limits of Platonic love ; and the innocence of his commerce with Va- neffa feems now to be acknowledged by ...
... say , because his original intention was not to marry her at all he never fuffered his behaviour towards females to exceed the limits of Platonic love ; and the innocence of his commerce with Va- neffa feems now to be acknowledged by ...
Page xxxv
... says , " vexed him moft . " These complaints were afterwards repeated in a ftrain of yet greater fenfibility and self - pity : " All my friends have forfaken me : " " Vertiginofus , inops , furdus , male gratus " amicis . " Deaf , giddy ...
... says , " vexed him moft . " These complaints were afterwards repeated in a ftrain of yet greater fenfibility and self - pity : " All my friends have forfaken me : " " Vertiginofus , inops , furdus , male gratus " amicis . " Deaf , giddy ...
Page 13
... says , It is all a farce and a ladle ; with other paffages equally fhining . One may fay of thefe impedimenta literarum , that wit owes them a fhame ; and they cannot take wifer counfel , than to keep out of harm's way , or at least not ...
... says , It is all a farce and a ladle ; with other paffages equally fhining . One may fay of thefe impedimenta literarum , that wit owes them a fhame ; and they cannot take wifer counfel , than to keep out of harm's way , or at least not ...
Page 44
... say , upon fo un- grateful and melancholy a fubject ; because we are ex- treme unwilling to inflame a controverfy , whofe conti- nuance may be fo fatal to the interefts of us all ; defiring much rather that things be amicably compofed ...
... say , upon fo un- grateful and melancholy a fubject ; because we are ex- treme unwilling to inflame a controverfy , whofe conti- nuance may be fo fatal to the interefts of us all ; defiring much rather that things be amicably compofed ...
Page 99
... saying , that in the regions far to the north , it was hardly poffible for a man to travel , the very air was fo replete with feathers * • The neceffity of this digreffion will eafily excufe the length ; and I have chofen for it as ...
... saying , that in the regions far to the north , it was hardly poffible for a man to travel , the very air was fo replete with feathers * • The neceffity of this digreffion will eafily excufe the length ; and I have chofen for it as ...
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