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 vii
... fhall take the trouble to compare them . However , we fhall here point out feveral pieces contained in this edition , befides thofe mentioned in the fore- going paragraph * . In vol . 1. The 5th fermon ; and , A proposal for preventing ...
... fhall take the trouble to compare them . However , we fhall here point out feveral pieces contained in this edition , befides thofe mentioned in the fore- going paragraph * . In vol . 1. The 5th fermon ; and , A proposal for preventing ...
Page xxxvii
... fhall attempt to enter into the liberty with any bloody and wicked defigns upon my life , my limbs , my houfe , or my goods . Gentlemen , my life is in the hands of God , ⚫ and , whether it may be cut off by treachery , or open ...
... fhall attempt to enter into the liberty with any bloody and wicked defigns upon my life , my limbs , my houfe , or my goods . Gentlemen , my life is in the hands of God , ⚫ and , whether it may be cut off by treachery , or open ...
Page xlvii
... 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 honour to the public , and a fcourge ...
... 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 honour to the public , and a fcourge ...
Page lii
... fhall " have fome in perfection ; for when I was chaplain to the Earl of Berkeley , who was in the government here , I was so poor , I was obliged to keep a coffees houfe , and all the nobility reforted to it to talk trea- " fon . " The ...
... fhall " have fome in perfection ; for when I was chaplain to the Earl of Berkeley , who was in the government here , I was so poor , I was obliged to keep a coffees houfe , and all the nobility reforted to it to talk trea- " fon . " The ...
Page lxv
... fhall find a certain masterly concifenefs in their style , that hath never been equalled by any other writer . The truth of this affertion will more evidently appear , by comparing him with fome of the authors of his own time . Of thefe ...
... fhall find a certain masterly concifenefs in their style , that hath never been equalled by any other writer . The truth of this affertion will more evidently appear , by comparing him with fome of the authors of his own time . Of thefe ...
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