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 x
... ancient monarchs , made him him foon lay the defign afide ; and that his averfion to kings was in- vincible . Befides the letters contained in the eighth volume , Dr. Swift wrote a great many to Stella and Mifs Vanhomrigh . Extracts ...
... ancient monarchs , made him him foon lay the defign afide ; and that his averfion to kings was in- vincible . Befides the letters contained in the eighth volume , Dr. Swift wrote a great many to Stella and Mifs Vanhomrigh . Extracts ...
Page xi
... ancient family , and born on the 30th of November 1667. His grandfather , Mr. Thomas Swift , was vicar of Goodrich in Herefordshire , and married Mrs. Elizabeth Dryden , aunt of Dryden the poet ; by whom he had fix fons , Godwin ...
... ancient family , and born on the 30th of November 1667. His grandfather , Mr. Thomas Swift , was vicar of Goodrich in Herefordshire , and married Mrs. Elizabeth Dryden , aunt of Dryden the poet ; by whom he had fix fons , Godwin ...
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... ancient and mo dern learning . From the annotations are selected the notes figned , W. Wotton . Thus Wotton appears bufied to illustrate a work , which he laboured to condemn , and adds force to a fatire pointed against himself : as ...
... ancient and mo dern learning . From the annotations are selected the notes figned , W. Wotton . Thus Wotton appears bufied to illustrate a work , which he laboured to condemn , and adds force to a fatire pointed against himself : as ...
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... ancient author , why dedica- tions , and other bundles of flattery , run all upon stale mufty topics , without the fmallelt tincture of any thing new ; not only to the torment and naufeating of the Chriftian reader , but , if not ...
... ancient author , why dedica- tions , and other bundles of flattery , run all upon stale mufty topics , without the fmallelt tincture of any thing new ; not only to the torment and naufeating of the Chriftian reader , but , if not ...
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... ancient rule , it ought to be the only uncovered vessel in every affembly , where it is rightfully used ) by which means , from its near refem- blance to a pillory , it will ever have a mighty influence on human ears . Of ladders I need ...
... ancient rule , it ought to be the only uncovered vessel in every affembly , where it is rightfully used ) by which means , from its near refem- blance to a pillory , it will ever have a mighty influence on human ears . Of ladders I need ...
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