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 vi
... greatest part of the other notes are taken from the Earl of Orrery's remarks on the life and writings of Dr. Swift , Mr. Deane Swift's Effay on the fame fubject , and War- burton's burton's edition of Pope's Works . A few notes of vi ...
... greatest part of the other notes are taken from the Earl of Orrery's remarks on the life and writings of Dr. Swift , Mr. Deane Swift's Effay on the fame fubject , and War- burton's burton's edition of Pope's Works . A few notes of vi ...
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... greatest trifles .. His hours of walking and reading never va- ried . His motions were guided by his watch , which was fo conftantly held in his hand , or placed before him on the table , that he fel- dom deviated many minutes in the ...
... greatest trifles .. His hours of walking and reading never va- ried . His motions were guided by his watch , which was fo conftantly held in his hand , or placed before him on the table , that he fel- dom deviated many minutes in the ...
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... as our language and our taste admit no great alterations , I am content to convey fome apolo- gy along with it . The greatest part of that book was finished about thirteen ! thirteen years fince , 1696 ; which is eight years.
... as our language and our taste admit no great alterations , I am content to convey fome apolo- gy along with it . The greatest part of that book was finished about thirteen ! thirteen years fince , 1696 ; which is eight years.
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... greatest number he fhould have left untouch- ed , as never fufpecting it poffible any wrong interpreta- tions could be made of them . The author obferves , at the end of the book there is a difcourfe , called , A fragment ; which he ...
... greatest number he fhould have left untouch- ed , as never fufpecting it poffible any wrong interpreta- tions could be made of them . The author obferves , at the end of the book there is a difcourfe , called , A fragment ; which he ...
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... orators the author deter- mines either to the gallows or a conventicle . † In the open air , and in streets where the greatest resort is . Lucret . lib . 2 . Lo fo bodies of much weight and gravity , as it 40 A TALE OF A TU B.
... orators the author deter- mines either to the gallows or a conventicle . † In the open air , and in streets where the greatest resort is . Lucret . lib . 2 . Lo fo bodies of much weight and gravity , as it 40 A TALE OF A TU B.
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