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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... manifest , by the reception the fol- lowing difcourse has met with , that those who approve it , are a great majority among the men of taste . Yet there have been two or three treatises written expressly against it ; befides many others ...
... manifest , by the reception the fol- lowing difcourse has met with , that those who approve it , are a great majority among the men of taste . Yet there have been two or three treatises written expressly against it ; befides many others ...
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... manifest , that , for obtaining attention in public , there is of necessity re- quired a fuperior position of place . But although this point be generally granted , yet the cause is little agreed in ; and it seems to me , that very few ...
... manifest , that , for obtaining attention in public , there is of necessity re- quired a fuperior position of place . But although this point be generally granted , yet the cause is little agreed in ; and it seems to me , that very few ...
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Jonathan Swift. so bodies of much weight and gravity , as it is manifest from those deep impressions they make and leave upon us ; and therefore must be delivered from a due altitude , or else they will neither carry a good aim , nor ...
Jonathan Swift. so bodies of much weight and gravity , as it is manifest from those deep impressions they make and leave upon us ; and therefore must be delivered from a due altitude , or else they will neither carry a good aim , nor ...
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... manifest , out of envy and igno- rance , That they are of little farther use or value to mankind beyond the common entertainments of their wit and their style ; for these I am sure have never yet * This I suppose to be understood of Mr ...
... manifest , out of envy and igno- rance , That they are of little farther use or value to mankind beyond the common entertainments of their wit and their style ; for these I am sure have never yet * This I suppose to be understood of Mr ...
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... manifest , that the outward dress must needs be the foul . To this system of religion were tagged several subaltern doctrines * , , which were entertained with great vogue ; as , particularly , the faculties of the mind were deduced by ...
... manifest , that the outward dress must needs be the foul . To this system of religion were tagged several subaltern doctrines * , , which were entertained with great vogue ; as , particularly , the faculties of the mind were deduced by ...
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againſt almoſt alſo ancient anſwer aſſiſtance becauſe beſides beſt buſineſs cauſe Chriſtianity church clergy cloſe confcience conſequence conſtitution courſe cuſtom Dean defire deſign diſcourſe diſpoſed eaſy eſpecially eſtabliſhed expoſe faid falſe fame fatire fide fince firſt fome foon fuch fure hath Hawkef honour houſe inſtance intereſt itſelf JONATHAN SWIFT juſt laſt learned leaſt leſs Lord manifeſt mankind modern moſt muſt nature neceſſary never obſerved occafion Orrery paſs paſſages perſon Peter Pindar pleaſe poſſible preſent preſerve prince propoſed publiſhed purpoſe raiſed reader reaſon refolved religion reſpect reſt ſaid ſame ſay ſcheme ſeems ſenſe ſerve ſervice ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhew ſhort ſhould ſince Sir William Temple ſmall ſome ſometimes ſpeak ſpirit ſtand ſtate ſtation ſtill ſtrength ſtrong ſtyle ſubject ſuch ſuppoſe Swift ſyſtem themſelves ther theſe things thoſe thought tion treatiſe underſtanding univerſal uſe uſual utmoſt wherein whole whoſe Wotton writers