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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... fatire , which fets not only all hu- man actions , but human nature itself , in the worst light . The truth is , Swift's difap- pointments had rendered him fplenetic and angry with the whole world , and he frequent- ly indulged himself ...
... fatire , which fets not only all hu- man actions , but human nature itself , in the worst light . The truth is , Swift's difap- pointments had rendered him fplenetic and angry with the whole world , and he frequent- ly indulged himself ...
Page xxxvii
... fatire on the Irish parliament , which he called The Legion Club , he was feized with one of thefe fits , the effect of which was fo dreadful , that he left the poem unfinished , and never afterwards attempted a composition either in ...
... fatire on the Irish parliament , which he called The Legion Club , he was feized with one of thefe fits , the effect of which was fo dreadful , that he left the poem unfinished , and never afterwards attempted a composition either in ...
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... fatire , is equally to be ad- mired . The edge of wit will always remain keen , and its blade will be bright and fhining , when the ftone upon which it has been whetted , is worn out , or thrown afide and forgotten . Perfonal fatire ...
... fatire , is equally to be ad- mired . The edge of wit will always remain keen , and its blade will be bright and fhining , when the ftone upon which it has been whetted , is worn out , or thrown afide and forgotten . Perfonal fatire ...
Page lxvii
... fatire uncultivated ; 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 ...
... fatire uncultivated ; 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 ...
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... fa- tire , that would be useful and diverting . He refolved to proceed in a manner that should be altogether new ; the world having been already too long naufeated with endless repetitions upon every fubject . The abu- fes in religion ...
... fa- tire , that would be useful and diverting . He refolved to proceed in a manner that should be altogether new ; the world having been already too long naufeated with endless repetitions upon every fubject . The abu- fes in religion ...
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