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 lviii
... inftance amongst a thoufand others , The laft time he was in London , he went to dine with the Earl of Burlington , who was then but newly married . The Earl being willing , ' tis fuppofed , to have fome diverfion , did not introduce ...
... inftance amongst a thoufand others , The laft time he was in London , he went to dine with the Earl of Burlington , who was then but newly married . The Earl being willing , ' tis fuppofed , to have fome diverfion , did not introduce ...
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... in this difcourfe , though fome of them are pleafed fo freely to cenfure it . And I wish there were no other inftance of what I have too fre- quently obferved , that many of that Reverend body are not always very nice in diftinguishing ...
... in this difcourfe , though fome of them are pleafed fo freely to cenfure it . And I wish there were no other inftance of what I have too fre- quently obferved , that many of that Reverend body are not always very nice in diftinguishing ...
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... inftance how little truth there often is in general furmifes , or in con- jectures drawn from a fimilitude of style , or way of think- ing . Had the author written a book to expose the abuses in law , or in phyfic , he believes the ...
... inftance how little truth there often is in general furmifes , or in con- jectures drawn from a fimilitude of style , or way of think- ing . Had the author written a book to expose the abuses in law , or in phyfic , he believes the ...
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... inftance only in the anfwerer already mentioned : It is grievous to fee him , in fome of his writings , at every turn going out of his way to be wag- gifh , to tell us of a cow that pricked up her tail ; and in his answer to this ...
... inftance only in the anfwerer already mentioned : It is grievous to fee him , in fome of his writings , at every turn going out of his way to be wag- gifh , to tell us of a cow that pricked up her tail ; and in his answer to this ...
Page 52
... in their order , towards furnish- ing out an exact drefs . To inftance no more ; is not religion a cloak ; honefty a pair of fhoes , worn out in the dirt ; felf - love a furtout ; vanity a fhirt ; and con- fcience a pair of breeches ...
... in their order , towards furnish- ing out an exact drefs . To inftance no more ; is not religion a cloak ; honefty a pair of fhoes , worn out in the dirt ; felf - love a furtout ; vanity a fhirt ; and con- fcience a pair of breeches ...
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