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 xx
... certain ; but the reafon which The and her companion then gave for their leaving England was , that in Ireland the in- tereft of money was high , and provifions were cheap . But whatever was Swift's at- tachment to Mrs. Johnson , every ...
... certain ; but the reafon which The and her companion then gave for their leaving England was , that in Ireland the in- tereft of money was high , and provifions were cheap . But whatever was Swift's at- tachment to Mrs. Johnson , every ...
Page xlvii
... certain excrefcences of wit and humour , you will then admire him as an honour to the public , and a fcourge to all the knaves and fools of his time . Upon the whole , his conduct was greatly variegated , fo much as to appear even ...
... certain excrefcences of wit and humour , you will then admire him as an honour to the public , and a fcourge to all the knaves and fools of his time . Upon the whole , his conduct was greatly variegated , fo much as to appear even ...
Page lxv
... certain masterly concifenefs in their style , that hath never been equalled by any other writer . The truth of this affertion will more evidently appear , by comparing him with fome of the authors of his own time . Of thefe Dr ...
... certain masterly concifenefs in their style , that hath never been equalled by any other writer . The truth of this affertion will more evidently appear , by comparing him with fome of the authors of his own time . Of thefe Dr ...
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... certain great man then alive , and univerfally reverenced for every good quality that could poffibly enter into the compofition of the most ac-- complished perfon . It was obferved , how he was plea fed , and affected , to have that ...
... certain great man then alive , and univerfally reverenced for every good quality that could poffibly enter into the compofition of the most ac-- complished perfon . It was obferved , how he was plea fed , and affected , to have that ...
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... certain names . It will be enough for the author to af- fure the world , that the writer of that paper is utterly wrong in all his conjectures upon that affair . The au- thor farther afferts , that the whole work is entirely of one hand ...
... certain names . It will be enough for the author to af- fure the world , that the writer of that paper is utterly wrong in all his conjectures upon that affair . The au- thor farther afferts , that the whole work is entirely of one hand ...
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abfolute affiftance againſt alfo ancient anfwer becauſe befides beſt cafe called caufe cauſe Chriftianity church clergy confcience confequence confider confiderable converfation courfe Dean defign defire difcourfe difpute eſtabliſhed faid fame farther fatire fect feems fenfe fent fervant ferve fervice feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince firft firſt fome fometimes foon fpirit ftate ftill fubject fuch fufficient fuppofe fure greateſt guife hath Hawkef himſelf honour houſe inftance intereft itſelf JONATHAN SWIFT juft laft laſt leaft learned leaſt lefs Lord mankind modern moft moſt muft muſt myfteries nature neceffary never obferved occafion Orrery paffages paffed perfon Peter Pindar pleaſe poffible prefent preferve prince publiſhed purpoſe raiſed reader reafon refolved reft religion ſeveral ſhall ſtate Swift thefe themſelves ther theſe things thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion ufually underſtand underſtood univerfal uſe wherein whofe whole Wotton writers