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 xxi
... least to both Whigs and Tories . He had been educated among the former , but at length attached himself to the latter : because the Whigs , as he said , had renounced their old principles , and received others , which their forefathers ...
... least to both Whigs and Tories . He had been educated among the former , but at length attached himself to the latter : because the Whigs , as he said , had renounced their old principles , and received others , which their forefathers ...
Page xxxii
... least , if not fomething farther , we think , may be anfwered , and without abfurdity too . " He " did not marry her fooner , " we say , because his original intention was not to marry her at all he never fuffered his behaviour towards ...
... least , if not fomething farther , we think , may be anfwered , and without abfurdity too . " He " did not marry her fooner , " we say , because his original intention was not to marry her at all he never fuffered his behaviour towards ...
Page xli
... least as long for others to take up the converfation . His colloquial ftile , like that of his writing , was clear , forcible , and concise . He greatly excelled in punning , a . talent , he said , which no man affected to de-- fpife ...
... least as long for others to take up the converfation . His colloquial ftile , like that of his writing , was clear , forcible , and concise . He greatly excelled in punning , a . talent , he said , which no man affected to de-- fpife ...
Page xliii
... least oppreffive to the present te- nant , and most advantageous to all future te- nants and landlords , he conftantly refused to give charity out of the chapter - funds ,. which he alleged were fcarce fufficient to maintain the ...
... least oppreffive to the present te- nant , and most advantageous to all future te- nants and landlords , he conftantly refused to give charity out of the chapter - funds ,. which he alleged were fcarce fufficient to maintain the ...
Page lv
... least affected with the fubject , he must have writ better . How cold , how " forced , are his lines to you , compared with your ' " to him ? " 66 Hail , happy Pope , whofe generous mind , & c . " Here we fee , the mafterly poet , and ...
... least affected with the fubject , he must have writ better . How cold , how " forced , are his lines to you , compared with your ' " to him ? " 66 Hail , happy Pope , whofe generous mind , & c . " Here we fee , the mafterly poet , and ...
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