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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... confider- able periods of his life , and in which his merit as a writer was moft diftinguifhed . N. B. In the references to be found in the Life , D. S. ftands for Mr. Deane Swift's Effay on the Life , Writings , and Character of Dr ...
... confider- able periods of his life , and in which his merit as a writer was moft diftinguifhed . N. B. In the references to be found in the Life , D. S. ftands for Mr. Deane Swift's Effay on the Life , Writings , and Character of Dr ...
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... confider- ed as a man utterly devoid of humanity : for it is generally agreed , that Stella's immature death was occafioned by the peculiarity of his conduct towards her . It appears by feve- ral little incidents , that the regretted ...
... confider- ed as a man utterly devoid of humanity : for it is generally agreed , that Stella's immature death was occafioned by the peculiarity of his conduct towards her . It appears by feve- ral little incidents , that the regretted ...
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... confider it in compari- fon of his predeceffors , he has outdone them all , and is one , perhaps the chief , of thofe few felect English writers , who have excelled in e- legance and propriety of language . In poli- tics , his favourite ...
... confider it in compari- fon of his predeceffors , he has outdone them all , and is one , perhaps the chief , of thofe few felect English writers , who have excelled in e- legance and propriety of language . In poli- tics , his favourite ...
Page lxv
... confider Swift's profe works , we fhall find a 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 ...
... confider Swift's profe works , we fhall find a 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 ...
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... confider , that to answer a book effectually , requires more pains and fkill , more wit , learning , and judgment , than were employed in the writing it . And the author affures thofe gentlemen who have given themfelves that trouble ...
... confider , that to answer a book effectually , requires more pains and fkill , more wit , learning , and judgment , than were employed in the writing it . And the author affures thofe gentlemen who have given themfelves that trouble ...
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