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 xlii
... just applause . Yet he was not lefs open to admonition , if it was offered without arrogance , and by per fons of whofe ability and honesty he had no doubt . Such was Swift as a companion ; as a mafter , he was not lefs remarkable . As ...
... just applause . Yet he was not lefs open to admonition , if it was offered without arrogance , and by per fons of whofe ability and honesty he had no doubt . Such was Swift as a companion ; as a mafter , he was not lefs remarkable . As ...
Page lviii
... just looked into the parlour , and ran up into the garret , then into Mrs , Pilkington's bed - chamber and library , and from thence down to the kitchen ; and the houfe being very clean , he complimented her upon it , and told her that ...
... just looked into the parlour , and ran up into the garret , then into Mrs , Pilkington's bed - chamber and library , and from thence down to the kitchen ; and the houfe being very clean , he complimented her upon it , and told her that ...
Page lxv
... just comedian , de- viates into one of the lowest kind * . Not fo Dr. Swift . He appears like a masterly gladiator . He wields the fword of party with ease , juftnefs , and dexterity : and while he entertains the ignorant and the vulgar ...
... just comedian , de- viates into one of the lowest kind * . Not fo Dr. Swift . He appears like a masterly gladiator . He wields the fword of party with ease , juftnefs , and dexterity : and while he entertains the ignorant and the vulgar ...
Page 16
... just going on , in the ufual method , to perufe a hundred or two of de- dications , and tranfcribe an abstract , to be applied to your Lordship .; but I was diverted by a certain acci- dent . For , upon the covers of these papers , I ...
... just going on , in the ufual method , to perufe a hundred or two of de- dications , and tranfcribe an abstract , to be applied to your Lordship .; but I was diverted by a certain acci- dent . For , upon the covers of these papers , I ...
Page 34
... just the reverfe of all this . Here , you may fecurely difplay your utmost rhetoric a- gainft mankind , in the face of the world ; tell them , That all are gone aftray ; that there is none that doth good , no not one that we live in the ...
... just the reverfe of all this . Here , you may fecurely difplay your utmost rhetoric a- gainft mankind , in the face of the world ; tell them , That all are gone aftray ; that there is none that doth good , no not one that we live in the ...
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