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 lv
... shew " you a late letter of his . " He did fo ; and Mrs. Pil- kington was furprised to find it filled with low and ungentleman - like reflections , both on Mr. Gay , and the two poble persons who honoured him with their patronage after ...
... shew " you a late letter of his . " He did fo ; and Mrs. Pil- kington was furprised to find it filled with low and ungentleman - like reflections , both on Mr. Gay , and the two poble persons who honoured him with their patronage after ...
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... shew us , in general , the errors of human nature ; and to convince us , that neither the height of wit ner ge- nius can bring a man to fuch a degree of perfection , as vanity would often prompt him to believe . In a disquifition of ...
... shew us , in general , the errors of human nature ; and to convince us , that neither the height of wit ner ge- nius can bring a man to fuch a degree of perfection , as vanity would often prompt him to believe . In a disquifition of ...
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... shew one single particular , where the judicious reader will affirm he has been obliged for the smallest hint ; giving only allowance for the accidental encountering of a single thought , which he knows may sometimes happen ; though he ...
... shew one single particular , where the judicious reader will affirm he has been obliged for the smallest hint ; giving only allowance for the accidental encountering of a single thought , which he knows may sometimes happen ; though he ...
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... shew you fome of our productions . To which he will answer , ( for I am well informed of his designs ) , by asking your High- ness , Where they are ? and , What is become of them ? and pretend it a demonstration that there never were ...
... shew you fome of our productions . To which he will answer , ( for I am well informed of his designs ) , by asking your High- ness , Where they are ? and , What is become of them ? and pretend it a demonstration that there never were ...
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... shew how scripture was perverted to prove it ; which was done , by giving equal authority , with the canon , to Apocrypha , called here a codicil annexed . It is likely the author , in every one of these changes in the bro- thers ...
... shew how scripture was perverted to prove it ; which was done , by giving equal authority , with the canon , to Apocrypha , called here a codicil annexed . It is likely the author , in every one of these changes in the bro- thers ...
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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