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 xxiii
... party , that many speeches were made against him in both houfes of parliament ; a reward was also offered , for discovering the author of the Public Spirit of the Whigs . Amidst all the business and honours that crowded upon him , he ...
... party , that many speeches were made against him in both houfes of parliament ; a reward was also offered , for discovering the author of the Public Spirit of the Whigs . Amidst all the business and honours that crowded upon him , he ...
Page xxiv
... party - writing , that though it might have made a feafonable pamphlet in the time of their adminiftration , it would be a difhonour to juft hiftory . Swift feems to have been extremely fond of this work , by declaring , as he did ...
... party - writing , that though it might have made a feafonable pamphlet in the time of their adminiftration , it would be a difhonour to juft hiftory . Swift feems to have been extremely fond of this work , by declaring , as he did ...
Page xxv
... party depended . Having attempt- . * This promotion was thought to be a disappoint- ment to him , as he expected a bishopric in England ; but the Earl of Oxford did not think it proper to offend the oppofite party , by bringing him into ...
... party depended . Having attempt- . * This promotion was thought to be a disappoint- ment to him , as he expected a bishopric in England ; but the Earl of Oxford did not think it proper to offend the oppofite party , by bringing him into ...
Page xlvi
... party with eafe , juftnefs , and dexterity , and while he entertains the ignorant and the vul- gar , he draws an equal attention from the learned and the great . When he is ferious , his gravity becomes him ; when he laughs , his ...
... party with eafe , juftnefs , and dexterity , and while he entertains the ignorant and the vul- gar , he draws an equal attention from the learned and the great . When he is ferious , his gravity becomes him ; when he laughs , his ...
Page lxv
... party , he lofes himself ex- tremely , and from a delicate and 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 ...
... party , he lofes himself ex- tremely , and from a delicate and 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 ...
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