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 liv
... close to the inner mar- gin . " Now , " faid he , " I will give these what they . " greatly want ; " and put them all into the fire .. " Your task , Madam , is to paste in these letters in " this cover , in the order I shall give them ...
... close to the inner mar- gin . " Now , " faid he , " I will give these what they . " greatly want ; " and put them all into the fire .. " Your task , Madam , is to paste in these letters in " this cover , in the order I shall give them ...
Page lvi
... close , and as often as they could , they " put in a rotten stone ; of which , however , I took " no notice , till they had built three or four perches " beyond it . Now , as I am an absolute monarch in " the liberties , and king of the ...
... close , and as often as they could , they " put in a rotten stone ; of which , however , I took " no notice , till they had built three or four perches " beyond it . Now , as I am an absolute monarch in " the liberties , and king of the ...
Page 37
... close , we may observe this peculiar * The Tale of a Tub has made much noise in the world . It was one of Swift's earliest performances , and has never been excelled in wit and spirit by his own , or any other pen . The censures that ...
... close , we may observe this peculiar * The Tale of a Tub has made much noise in the world . It was one of Swift's earliest performances , and has never been excelled in wit and spirit by his own , or any other pen . The censures that ...
Page 63
... close analogy it bears to heroic virtue , it is easy to affign the proper employment of a true ancient genuine critic ; which is , to travel through this vast world of writings ; to purfue and hunt those monstrous faults bred within ...
... close analogy it bears to heroic virtue , it is easy to affign the proper employment of a true ancient genuine critic ; which is , to travel through this vast world of writings ; to purfue and hunt those monstrous faults bred within ...
Page 71
... close for a certain space , and by a fugitive faculty , peculiar to the * Penance and absolution are played upon under the notion of a Sovereign remedy for the worms , especially in the spicen ; which , by obferving Peter's prescription ...
... close for a certain space , and by a fugitive faculty , peculiar to the * Penance and absolution are played upon under the notion of a Sovereign remedy for the worms , especially in the spicen ; which , by obferving Peter's prescription ...
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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