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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Jonathan Swift. Drapier's Letters , and fome other papers published upon the fame occafion , which have not only in the Irish edition , but in every other , been fo mix- ed , as to mifreprefent fome facts , and obfcure o- thers . Such ...
Jonathan Swift. Drapier's Letters , and fome other papers published upon the fame occafion , which have not only in the Irish edition , but in every other , been fo mix- ed , as to mifreprefent fome facts , and obfcure o- thers . Such ...
Page vii
... fome historical remarks , are infert- ed by the editor . To fome of the large extracts from Orrery and Swift , we have given the title of Criticifms , as at the beginning of the 1ft , 6th , and 8th volumes . And care has been taken not ...
... fome historical remarks , are infert- ed by the editor . To fome of the large extracts from Orrery and Swift , we have given the title of Criticifms , as at the beginning of the 1ft , 6th , and 8th volumes . And care has been taken not ...
Page ix
... fome critical remarks on his character , taken from Lord Orrery and Mr. Swift , are now added . An abridgment of Mrs. Pilkington's account is annexed . In the eighth vo- lume , immediately after the Dean's Will , are two letters ...
... fome critical remarks on his character , taken from Lord Orrery and Mr. Swift , are now added . An abridgment of Mrs. Pilkington's account is annexed . In the eighth vo- lume , immediately after the Dean's Will , are two letters ...
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... fome of his leifure - hours , he had begun an history of England , and had purfued it through two or three reigns from William the Con- queror ; but that the contempt he conceived of the ancient monarchs , made him him foon lay the ...
... fome of his leifure - hours , he had begun an history of England , and had purfued it through two or three reigns from William the Con- queror ; but that the contempt he conceived of the ancient monarchs , made him him foon lay the ...
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... fome time admitted ; but this felect company was at length inlarged to fixteen , all men of the firft clafs , Swift included . From this time he fupported the intereft of his new friends with all his power , in pam- phlets , poems , and ...
... fome time admitted ; but this felect company was at length inlarged to fixteen , all men of the firft clafs , Swift included . From this time he fupported the intereft of his new friends with all his power , in pam- phlets , poems , and ...
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againſt almoſt alſo ancient anſwer aſſiſtance becauſe beſides beſt buſineſs cauſe Chriſtianity church clergy cloſe confcience conſequence conſtitution courſe cuſtom Dean defire deſign diſcourſe diſpoſed eaſy eſpecially eſtabliſhed expoſe faid falſe fame fatire fide fince firſt fome foon fuch fure hath Hawkef honour houſe inſtance intereſt itſelf JONATHAN SWIFT juſt laſt learned leaſt leſs Lord manifeſt mankind modern moſt muſt nature neceſſary never obſerved occafion Orrery paſs paſſages perſon Peter Pindar pleaſe poſſible preſent preſerve prince propoſed publiſhed purpoſe raiſed reader reaſon refolved religion reſpect reſt ſaid ſame ſay ſcheme ſeems ſenſe ſerve ſervice ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhew ſhort ſhould ſince Sir William Temple ſmall ſome ſometimes ſpeak ſpirit ſtand ſtate ſtation ſtill ſtrength ſtrong ſtyle ſubject ſuch ſuppoſe Swift ſyſtem themſelves ther theſe things thoſe thought tion treatiſe underſtanding univerſal uſe uſual utmoſt wherein whole whoſe Wotton writers