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 ix
... fhort , no pains or expence have been fpared to render this a complete and correct edi- tion of the works of the celebrated Dean of St. Patrick's . Lord Orrery tells us , that Dr. Swift left behind him few manuscripts ; not one of any ...
... fhort , no pains or expence have been fpared to render this a complete and correct edi- tion of the works of the celebrated Dean of St. Patrick's . Lord Orrery tells us , that Dr. Swift left behind him few manuscripts ; not one of any ...
Page xxvii
... fhort time before he left Vaneffa , and the reft of his friends in England , and returned to the place of his exile , as he ufed frequently to call it . In 1714 , Mrs. Vanhomrigh died , and having lived very high , left fome debts ...
... fhort time before he left Vaneffa , and the reft of his friends in England , and returned to the place of his exile , as he ufed frequently to call it . In 1714 , Mrs. Vanhomrigh died , and having lived very high , left fome debts ...
Page xxxvi
... fhort copy of verfes * , which fo provoked one Bettefworth , a lawyer and member of the Irish parliament , that he fwore , in the hearing of many perfons , to revenge himself either by murdering or maiming the author ; and , for this ...
... fhort copy of verfes * , which fo provoked one Bettefworth , a lawyer and member of the Irish parliament , that he fwore , in the hearing of many perfons , to revenge himself either by murdering or maiming the author ; and , for this ...
Page xxxviii
... fhort duration : for , a few days after- wards , he funk into a state of total infenfibi- lity , flept much , and could not , without great difficulty , be prevailed on to walk cross the room . This was the effect of an- other bodily ...
... fhort duration : for , a few days after- wards , he funk into a state of total infenfibi- lity , flept much , and could not , without great difficulty , be prevailed on to walk cross the room . This was the effect of an- other bodily ...
Page xli
... fhort and perfpicuous , his obfervations pier-- cing ; and though in the latter part of his life he was very apt to tell his ftories too . often , yet his wit , as well as his virtues , was always fuperior to the wretched expedients ...
... fhort and perfpicuous , his obfervations pier-- cing ; and though in the latter part of his life he was very apt to tell his ftories too . often , yet his wit , as well as his virtues , was always fuperior to the wretched expedients ...
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