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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... style , that hath never been equalled by any other writer . The truth of this assertion will more evidently appear , by comparing him with fome of the authors of his own time . Of these Dr. Tillotson and Mr. Addison are to be num- bered ...
... style , that hath never been equalled by any other writer . The truth of this assertion will more evidently appear , by comparing him with fome of the authors of his own time . Of these Dr. Tillotson and Mr. Addison are to be num- bered ...
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... style , or way of think- ing . Had the author written a book to expose the abuses in law , or in phyfic , he believes the learned profeffors in either faculty would have been so far from resenting it , as to have given him thanks for ...
... style , or way of think- ing . Had the author written a book to expose the abuses in law , or in phyfic , he believes the learned profeffors in either faculty would have been so far from resenting it , as to have given him thanks for ...
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... style and form of dedications , I em- ployed those wits aforesaid , to furnish me with hints and materials towards a panegyric upon your Lordship's virtues . In two days they brought me ten sheets of paper , filled up on every fide ...
... style and form of dedications , I em- ployed those wits aforesaid , to furnish me with hints and materials towards a panegyric upon your Lordship's virtues . In two days they brought me ten sheets of paper , filled up on every fide ...
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... style of decried writers , to appeal to Pofterity ; who is here represented as a prince in his nonage , and Time as his governor ; and the author begins in a way very frequent with him , by personating other writers , who fometimes ...
... style of decried writers , to appeal to Pofterity ; who is here represented as a prince in his nonage , and Time as his governor ; and the author begins in a way very frequent with him , by personating other writers , who fometimes ...
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... style , adorned with the utmost po- liteness and civility ; replete with discoveries , equally valuable for their novelty and use ; and embellished with * Bentley , in his controversy with Lord Orrery upon the genuineness of Phalaris's ...
... style , adorned with the utmost po- liteness and civility ; replete with discoveries , equally valuable for their novelty and use ; and embellished with * Bentley , in his controversy with Lord Orrery upon the genuineness of Phalaris's ...
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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