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 xlii
... subjects , he was neither petulant in the debate , nor negligent of the issue . He would liften with great attention to the ar- guments of others , and whether he was en- gaged or not in the argument , he would re- capitulate what had ...
... subjects , he was neither petulant in the debate , nor negligent of the issue . He would liften with great attention to the ar- guments of others , and whether he was en- gaged or not in the argument , he would re- capitulate what had ...
Page 7
... subject , I have now forgot ; having juft looked it over , when it first came out , as others did , merely for the fake of the title * The other answer is from a perfon of a graver cha- racter , and is made up of half invective , and ...
... subject , I have now forgot ; having juft looked it over , when it first came out , as others did , merely for the fake of the title * The other answer is from a perfon of a graver cha- racter , and is made up of half invective , and ...
Page 46
... subject , that a penetrating reader will eafily difcover whatever hath been written fince upon that difpute to be little more than repetition . An The chymifts fay of him in their books , that he prolonged his life to a thousand years ...
... subject , that a penetrating reader will eafily difcover whatever hath been written fince upon that difpute to be little more than repetition . An The chymifts fay of him in their books , that he prolonged his life to a thousand years ...
Page 65
... subject , have generally fixed upon the very fame hieroglyph ; varying only the story , according to their affections , or their wit . For , firft , Paufanias is of opinion , that the per-- fection of writing correct was entirely owing ...
... subject , have generally fixed upon the very fame hieroglyph ; varying only the story , according to their affections , or their wit . For , firft , Paufanias is of opinion , that the per-- fection of writing correct was entirely owing ...
Page 137
... subject ; and found , it would never take , but after a long vacation ; and then only , in cafe it fhould happen to be a hard year for turnips . Upon which I defired to know , confidering my urgent neceffities , what he thought might be ...
... subject ; and found , it would never take , but after a long vacation ; and then only , in cafe it fhould happen to be a hard year for turnips . Upon which I defired to know , confidering my urgent neceffities , what he thought might be ...
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