The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Volume 1A. Donaldson, 1766 |
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Page 42
... fenfe and human rea- fon . The matter , as we have faid , is of rotten wood ; and that upon two confiderations ; because it is the qua- lity of rotten wood to give light in the dark : and , fe- condly , becaufe its cavities are full of ...
... fenfe and human rea- fon . The matter , as we have faid , is of rotten wood ; and that upon two confiderations ; because it is the qua- lity of rotten wood to give light in the dark : and , fe- condly , becaufe its cavities are full of ...
Page 140
... fenfe . So , when Virgil is mentioned , we are not to understand the perfon of a famous poet called by that name ; but only certain sheets of paper , bound up in leather , containing in print the works of the faid poet : and fo of the ...
... fenfe . So , when Virgil is mentioned , we are not to understand the perfon of a famous poet called by that name ; but only certain sheets of paper , bound up in leather , containing in print the works of the faid poet : and fo of the ...
Page 182
... fenfe and reason , in the language of men ; because , in spiritual harangues , the disposition of the words according to the art of grammar hath not the leaft least use , but the skill and influence wholly lie 182 ON THE MECHANICAL.
... fenfe and reason , in the language of men ; because , in spiritual harangues , the disposition of the words according to the art of grammar hath not the leaft least use , but the skill and influence wholly lie 182 ON THE MECHANICAL.
Page 214
... fenfe of shame , or fear of re- proach . This might foon be remedied , if the Queen would think fit to declare , that no young person of quality whatsoever , who was notoriously addicted to that or any other vice , should be capable of ...
... fenfe of shame , or fear of re- proach . This might foon be remedied , if the Queen would think fit to declare , that no young person of quality whatsoever , who was notoriously addicted to that or any other vice , should be capable of ...
Page 291
... fenfe , common honesty , nor religion . Lastly , his devotion consisteth in drink- ing gibbets , confufion , and damnation ; in profanely idolizing the memory of one dead prince , and ungrate- fully trampling upon the ashes of another ...
... fenfe , common honesty , nor religion . Lastly , his devotion consisteth in drink- ing gibbets , confufion , and damnation ; in profanely idolizing the memory of one dead prince , and ungrate- fully trampling upon the ashes of another ...
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