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 vii
... person , who fhall take the trouble to compare them . However , we fhall here point out feveral pieces contained in this edition , befides thofe mentioned in the fore- going paragraph * . In vol . 1. The 5th fermon ; and , A proposal ...
... person , who fhall take the trouble to compare them . However , we fhall here point out feveral pieces contained in this edition , befides thofe mentioned in the fore- going paragraph * . In vol . 1. The 5th fermon ; and , A proposal ...
Page xxxi
... persons of e- very rank with veneration and esteem . He was several times in England on a visit to Mr. Pope , after his fettlement at the dean- ry , particularly in 1726 and 1727. On the 28th of January 1727 , died his beloved Stel- la ...
... persons of e- very rank with veneration and esteem . He was several times in England on a visit to Mr. Pope , after his fettlement at the dean- ry , particularly in 1726 and 1727. On the 28th of January 1727 , died his beloved Stel- la ...
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... person , or of the majority . It is however true , that he kept his friends in fome degree of awe , and was therefore rather an entertaining , than a defireable gueft . He was open to adu lation , and could not , or would not distin ...
... person , or of the majority . It is however true , that he kept his friends in fome degree of awe , and was therefore rather an entertaining , than a defireable gueft . He was open to adu lation , and could not , or would not distin ...
Page lviii
... very rufty , and his person no way extraordinary . After dinner , faid the Dean , " Lady Burlington , I hear you can fing ; fing me a fong . " The H The lady looked on this unceremonious manner of ask- Iviii ACCOUNTS OF DR . SWIFT ,
... very rufty , and his person no way extraordinary . After dinner , faid the Dean , " Lady Burlington , I hear you can fing ; fing me a fong . " The H The lady looked on this unceremonious manner of ask- Iviii ACCOUNTS OF DR . SWIFT ,
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... person in England who can understand that book , that ever imagined it to have been any thing elfe , but to expofe the abufes and cor- ruptions in learning and religion . But it would be good to know what defign this reflect- er was ...
... person in England who can understand that book , that ever imagined it to have been any thing elfe , but to expofe the abufes and cor- ruptions in learning and religion . But it would be good to know what defign this reflect- er was ...
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