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 xxxvii
... common way of other men , as long as it continues , I fhall ever bear a grateful memory for this favour you have fhewn , beyond my expectation , and almost exceeding my withes . The • inhabitants of the liberty , as well as thofe of the ...
... common way of other men , as long as it continues , I fhall ever bear a grateful memory for this favour you have fhewn , beyond my expectation , and almost exceeding my withes . The • inhabitants of the liberty , as well as thofe of the ...
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... common an- fwerers to books which are allowed to have any merit . They are indeed like annuals , that grow about a young tree , and seem to vie with it for a summer ; but fall and die with the leaves in autumn , and are never heard of ...
... common an- fwerers to books which are allowed to have any merit . They are indeed like annuals , that grow about a young tree , and seem to vie with it for a summer ; but fall and die with the leaves in autumn , and are never heard of ...
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... common hands , nor to be hoped for above once or twice in an age . Men would be more cautious of lofing their time in fuch an undertaking , if they did but confider , that to answer a book effectually , requires more pains and fkill ...
... common hands , nor to be hoped for above once or twice in an age . Men would be more cautious of lofing their time in fuch an undertaking , if they did but confider , that to answer a book effectually , requires more pains and fkill ...
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... common topics ; I confefs , I have neither confcience , nor countenance to do it : because there is no virtue , either of a public or private life , which fome circumftan- ces of your own have not often produced upon the lage of the ...
... common topics ; I confefs , I have neither confcience , nor countenance to do it : because there is no virtue , either of a public or private life , which fome circumftan- ces of your own have not often produced upon the lage of the ...
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... common- wealth . But how to analyse the tub , was a matter of difficulty ; when , after long inquiry and debate , the li- teral meaning was preferved : and it was decreed , that , in order to prevent these Leviathans from toffing and ...
... common- wealth . But how to analyse the tub , was a matter of difficulty ; when , after long inquiry and debate , the li- teral meaning was preferved : and it was decreed , that , in order to prevent these Leviathans from toffing and ...
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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