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 xlvi
... an equal attention from the learned and the great . When he is ferious , his gravity becomes him ; when he laughs , his readers muft laugh with him . In poetry , he he would not take pains to excel : but be- xlvi The LIFE of.
... an equal attention from the learned and the great . When he is ferious , his gravity becomes him ; when he laughs , his readers muft laugh with him . In poetry , he he would not take pains to excel : but be- xlvi The LIFE of.
Page lix
... learned would . Whilft he was at the univerfity of Dublin , he was fo far from being diftin- guifhed for any fuperiority of parts or learning , that he was stopped of his degree as a dunce . When the heard the Dean relate this ...
... learned would . Whilft he was at the univerfity of Dublin , he was fo far from being diftin- guifhed for any fuperiority of parts or learning , that he was stopped of his degree as a dunce . When the heard the Dean relate this ...
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... learned fine gentleman , but , under the fofteft and politeft appearance , conceal- ed the most turbulent ambition , having made his me- rit as a preacher too eminent to be overlooked , had it early rewarded with the mitre . Dr. Swift ...
... learned fine gentleman , but , under the fofteft and politeft appearance , conceal- ed the most turbulent ambition , having made his me- rit as a preacher too eminent to be overlooked , had it early rewarded with the mitre . Dr. Swift ...
Page lxv
... learned and the great . When he is serious , his gravity becomes him , when he laughs , his readers muft laugh with him . But what shall be faid for his love of trifles , and his want of delicacy and decorum ? errors , that if he did ...
... learned and the great . When he is serious , his gravity becomes him , when he laughs , his readers muft laugh with him . But what shall be faid for his love of trifles , and his want of delicacy and decorum ? errors , that if he did ...
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... learned profeffors in either faculty would have been fo far from refenting it , as to have given him thanks for his pains ; efpecially if he had made an honourable refervation for the true practice of either fcience . But religion ...
... learned profeffors in either faculty would have been fo far from refenting it , as to have given him thanks for his pains ; efpecially if he had made an honourable refervation for the true practice of either fcience . But religion ...
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