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 vi
... equal . The first volume contains the Tale of a Tub , the Battle of the Books , the Fragment , fome tracts relat- ing to religion , and the posthumous fermons . In the fecond are part of the mifcellanies relating to politics . The ...
... equal . The first volume contains the Tale of a Tub , the Battle of the Books , the Fragment , fome tracts relat- ing to religion , and the posthumous fermons . In the fecond are part of the mifcellanies relating to politics . The ...
Page xl
... equal to any tafk what- foever . His pride , his fpirit , or his ambition , call it by what name you pleafe , was bound- lefs ; but his views were checked in his younger younger years , and the anxiety of that disap pointment xl The LIFE ...
... equal to any tafk what- foever . His pride , his fpirit , or his ambition , call it by what name you pleafe , was bound- lefs ; but his views were checked in his younger younger years , and the anxiety of that disap pointment xl The LIFE ...
Page xliii
... equal length fince it was firft built . He was a faithful guardian of the rights of his deanry , and e- ven determined to affert his right of abfence . against the Archbishop of Dublin , at the ex- pence pence of feveral hundred pounds ...
... equal length fince it was firft built . He was a faithful guardian of the rights of his deanry , and e- ven determined to affert his right of abfence . against the Archbishop of Dublin , at the ex- pence pence of feveral hundred pounds ...
Page xlvi
... equal . His ftile is masterly , correct , and ftrong , never diffufive , yet al- ways clear ; and if we confider it in compari- fon of his predeceffors , he has outdone them all , and is one , perhaps the chief , of thofe few felect ...
... equal . His ftile is masterly , correct , and ftrong , never diffufive , yet al- ways clear ; and if we confider it in compari- fon of his predeceffors , he has outdone them all , and is one , perhaps the chief , of thofe few felect ...
Page lxv
... equal attention from the learned and the great . When he is serious , his gravity becomes him , when he laughs , his readers muft laugh with him . But what shall be faid for his love of trifles , and his want of delicacy and decorum ...
... equal attention from the learned and the great . When he is serious , his gravity becomes him , when he laughs , his readers muft laugh with him . But what shall be faid for his love of trifles , and his want of delicacy and decorum ...
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