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 xlvii
... critic , than a poet . But what fhall be faid for his love of trifles , and his want of delicacy and decorum ? Forgive him these errors , and draw a veil over certain excrefcences of wit and humour , you will then admire him as an ...
... critic , than a poet . But what fhall be faid for his love of trifles , and his want of delicacy and decorum ? Forgive him these errors , and draw a veil over certain excrefcences of wit and humour , you will then admire him as an ...
Page lxiv
... . On the testimony of confcience , IV . On brotherly love , V. The difficulty of knowing one's felf , growth of Popery , 274 283 242 A propofal to the parliament for preventing the 306 A CRITICISM on SWIFT'S PROSE- : WRITINGS . By the.
... . On the testimony of confcience , IV . On brotherly love , V. The difficulty of knowing one's felf , growth of Popery , 274 283 242 A propofal to the parliament for preventing the 306 A CRITICISM on SWIFT'S PROSE- : WRITINGS . By the.
Page lxv
Jonathan Swift. A CRITICISM on SWIFT'S PROSE- : WRITINGS . By the Earl of ORRERY . F we 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 ...
Jonathan Swift. A CRITICISM on SWIFT'S PROSE- : WRITINGS . By the Earl of ORRERY . F we 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 ...
Page lxvii
... but while he has maintained a perpetual war against the mighty men in power , he has remained invulnerable , if not victorious . See the criticisms prefixed to vols , 6 , & 8 , } : A TALE OF A TUB . Written for A CRITICISM . 1xvii.
... but while he has maintained a perpetual war against the mighty men in power , he has remained invulnerable , if not victorious . See the criticisms prefixed to vols , 6 , & 8 , } : A TALE OF A TUB . Written for A CRITICISM . 1xvii.
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... critic . The matter is a trifle but would he ven- ture to pronounce at this rate upon one of greater mo- ment ? I know nothing more contemptible in a writer , * Villers .. than than the character of a plagiary ; which he here The ...
... critic . The matter is a trifle but would he ven- ture to pronounce at this rate upon one of greater mo- ment ? I know nothing more contemptible in a writer , * Villers .. than than the character of a plagiary ; which he here The ...
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