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 28
... serve for an interim of fome months to employ those unquiet spirits , till the per- fecting of that great work : into the secret of which , it is reasonable the courteous reader should have fome little light . It is intended , that a ...
... serve for an interim of fome months to employ those unquiet spirits , till the per- fecting of that great work : into the secret of which , it is reasonable the courteous reader should have fome little light . It is intended , that a ...
Page 47
... serve to give the learned reader an idea , as well as a taste , of what the whole work is like- ly to produce ; wherein I have now altogether circum- fcribed my thoughts and my studies ; and , if I can bring it to a perfection before I ...
... serve to give the learned reader an idea , as well as a taste , of what the whole work is like- ly to produce ; wherein I have now altogether circum- fcribed my thoughts and my studies ; and , if I can bring it to a perfection before I ...
Page 48
... serves it for a precedent . Nor have my endeavours been wanting to second so useful an example : but it feems , there is an unhappy expence usually annexed to the calling of a godfather , which was clearly out of my head , as it is very ...
... serves it for a precedent . Nor have my endeavours been wanting to second so useful an example : but it feems , there is an unhappy expence usually annexed to the calling of a godfather , which was clearly out of my head , as it is very ...
Page 69
... serve by way of address to my patrons , the true modern critics ; and may very well atone for my past silence , as well as that which I am like to observe for the future . I hope I have de- served so well of their whole body , as to ...
... serve by way of address to my patrons , the true modern critics ; and may very well atone for my past silence , as well as that which I am like to observe for the future . I hope I have de- served so well of their whole body , as to ...
Page 79
... serve to render him a hundred times more untractable . I have chosen to relate this worthy matter in all its circumstances , because it gave a principal occafion to that great and famous rupture * , which happened about the fame time ...
... serve to render him a hundred times more untractable . I have chosen to relate this worthy matter in all its circumstances , because it gave a principal occafion to that great and famous rupture * , which happened about the fame time ...
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againſt almoſt alſo ancient anſwer aſſiſtance becauſe beſides beſt buſineſs cauſe Chriſtianity church clergy cloſe confcience conſequence conſtitution courſe cuſtom Dean defire deſign diſcourſe diſpoſed eaſy eſpecially eſtabliſhed expoſe faid falſe fame fatire fide fince firſt fome foon fuch fure hath Hawkef honour houſe inſtance intereſt itſelf JONATHAN SWIFT juſt laſt learned leaſt leſs Lord manifeſt mankind modern moſt muſt nature neceſſary never obſerved occafion Orrery paſs paſſages perſon Peter Pindar pleaſe poſſible preſent preſerve prince propoſed publiſhed purpoſe raiſed reader reaſon refolved religion reſpect reſt ſaid ſame ſay ſcheme ſeems ſenſe ſerve ſervice ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhew ſhort ſhould ſince Sir William Temple ſmall ſome ſometimes ſpeak ſpirit ſtand ſtate ſtation ſtill ſtrength ſtrong ſtyle ſubject ſuch ſuppoſe Swift ſyſtem themſelves ther theſe things thoſe thought tion treatiſe underſtanding univerſal uſe uſual utmoſt wherein whole whoſe Wotton writers