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 xxxiii
... defire a nearer commerce with such a woman as Stella , and confequently acknowledge and receive her publicly as his wife . Yet the an- swer has been made a thousand times , though no body feems to acquiefce in it ; namely , that " he ...
... defire a nearer commerce with such a woman as Stella , and confequently acknowledge and receive her publicly as his wife . Yet the an- swer has been made a thousand times , though no body feems to acquiefce in it ; namely , that " he ...
Page 16
... defire any other help to grow an alderman , than a patent for the fole privilege of dedicating to your Lordship . I should now , in right of a dedicator , give your Lordship a lift of your own virtues , and at the fame time be very ...
... defire any other help to grow an alderman , than a patent for the fole privilege of dedicating to your Lordship . I should now , in right of a dedicator , give your Lordship a lift of your own virtues , and at the fame time be very ...
Page 75
... defire of those , whom the learned among posterity will appoint for commentators upon this claborate trea- tise , that they will proceed with great caution upon cer- tain dark points , wherein all who are not verè adepti , may be in ...
... defire of those , whom the learned among posterity will appoint for commentators upon this claborate trea- tise , that they will proceed with great caution upon cer- tain dark points , wherein all who are not verè adepti , may be in ...
Page 98
... defire no more ingredients towards fitting up a treatise , that shall make a very comely figure on a book- feller's shelf , there to be preserved neat and clean for a long eternity , adorned with the heraldry of its title fairly ...
... defire no more ingredients towards fitting up a treatise , that shall make a very comely figure on a book- feller's shelf , there to be preserved neat and clean for a long eternity , adorned with the heraldry of its title fairly ...
Page 111
... defire fome certain gentlemen of my acquaintance to lay up in their hearts as a very feafon- able innuendo . This , indeed , was the fatal mistake of that worthy gentleman , my most ingenious friend , Mr. Wotton ; a perfon , in ...
... defire fome certain gentlemen of my acquaintance to lay up in their hearts as a very feafon- able innuendo . This , indeed , was the fatal mistake of that worthy gentleman , my most ingenious friend , Mr. Wotton ; a perfon , in ...
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againſt almoſt alſo ancient anſwer aſſiſtance becauſe beſides beſt buſineſs called cauſe Chriſtianity church clergy cloſe confcience confiderable conſequence conſtitution courſe cuſtom Dean defire deſign diſcourſe diſpoſed eaſy eſpecially eſtabliſhed expoſe faid falſe fame farther 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 paſſed 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 ſmall ſome ſometimes ſpeak ſpirit ſtand ſtate ſtation ſtill ſtrange ſtyle ſubject ſuch ſuppoſe Swift ſyſtem themſelves ther theſe things thoſe thought tion treatiſe underſtanding univerſal uſe uſual utmoſt wherein whole whoſe Wotton writers