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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Jonathan Swift. A TALE OF A TUB . Written for the universal improvement of mankind . Diu multumque defideratum . To which are added , An Account of a BATTLE between the Ax- CIENT and MODERN BOOKS in St. James's Library ; and , A ...
Jonathan Swift. A TALE OF A TUB . Written for the universal improvement of mankind . Diu multumque defideratum . To which are added , An Account of a BATTLE between the Ax- CIENT and MODERN BOOKS in St. James's Library ; and , A ...
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... every word from the univerfal report of mankind . So that I look upon myself , as fifty fhillings out of pocket to no manner of purpose . B.2 . If , If , by altering the title , I could make The Bookfeller's Dedication . ry.
... every word from the univerfal report of mankind . So that I look upon myself , as fifty fhillings out of pocket to no manner of purpose . B.2 . If , If , by altering the title , I could make The Bookfeller's Dedication . ry.
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... mankind , these gentlemen might very well fpare their reproof and cor- rection : for there is not , through all nature , another fo callous and infenfible a member as the world's poste- riors , whether you apply to it the toe or the ...
... mankind , these gentlemen might very well fpare their reproof and cor- rection : for there is not , through all nature , another fo callous and infenfible a member as the world's poste- riors , whether you apply to it the toe or the ...
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... mankind , are to be counted upon a few fingers ; but his follies and vices are innumerable , and time adds hourly to the heap . Now , the utmost a poor poet can do , is to get by heart a lift of the cardi nal virtues , and deal them ...
... mankind , are to be counted upon a few fingers ; but his follies and vices are innumerable , and time adds hourly to the heap . Now , the utmost a poor poet can do , is to get by heart a lift of the cardi nal virtues , and deal them ...
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... 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 very dregs of times that knavery and atheifm are epidemic as the pox ; that honesty is fled ...
... 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 very dregs of times that knavery and atheifm are epidemic as the pox ; that honesty is fled ...
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