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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... present te- nant , and most advantageous to all future te- nants and landlords , he conftantly refused to give charity out of the chapter - funds ,. which he alleged were fcarce fufficient to maintain the neceffary repairs of the cathe ...
... present te- nant , and most advantageous to all future te- nants and landlords , he conftantly refused to give charity out of the chapter - funds ,. which he alleged were fcarce fufficient to maintain the neceffary repairs of the cathe ...
Page 16
... present writers ; and being wholly free from that flavery which bookfellers ufually lie under to the caprices of authors ; I think it a wife piece of prefumption , to infcribe thefe papers to your Lordship , and to implore your ...
... present writers ; and being wholly free from that flavery which bookfellers ufually lie under to the caprices of authors ; I think it a wife piece of prefumption , to infcribe thefe papers to your Lordship , and to implore your ...
Page 43
... present treatise , being juft come from having the honour conferred upon me , to be ad- opted a member of that illuftrious fraternity . Now , I am not unaware , how the productions of the Grub - Street brotherhood have of late years ...
... present treatise , being juft come from having the honour conferred upon me , to be ad- opted a member of that illuftrious fraternity . Now , I am not unaware , how the productions of the Grub - Street brotherhood have of late years ...
Page 61
... present state thereof . By the word critic , at this day fo frequent in all con- verfations , there have fometimes been distinguished three very different species of mortal men , according as I have read in ancient books and pamphlets ...
... present state thereof . By the word critic , at this day fo frequent in all con- verfations , there have fometimes been distinguished three very different species of mortal men , according as I have read in ancient books and pamphlets ...
Page 102
... present . This was fituated in a certain region , well known to the ancient Greeks , by them called Englia , or , the land . if darkness . And although many controverfies have a- rifen upon that matter ; yet fo much is undisputed , that ...
... present . This was fituated in a certain region , well known to the ancient Greeks , by them called Englia , or , the land . if darkness . And although many controverfies have a- rifen upon that matter ; yet fo much is undisputed , that ...
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abfolute affiftance againſt alfo ancient anfwer becauſe befides beſt cafe called caufe cauſe Chriftianity church clergy confcience confequence confider confiderable converfation courfe Dean defign defire difcourfe difpute eſtabliſhed faid fame farther fatire fect feems fenfe fent fervant ferve fervice feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince firft firſt fome fometimes foon fpirit ftate ftill fubject fuch fufficient fuppofe fure greateſt guife hath Hawkef himſelf honour houſe inftance intereft itſelf JONATHAN SWIFT juft laft laſt leaft learned leaſt lefs Lord mankind modern moft moſt muft muſt myfteries nature neceffary never obferved occafion Orrery paffages paffed perfon Peter Pindar pleaſe poffible prefent preferve prince publiſhed purpoſe raiſed reader reafon refolved reft religion ſeveral ſhall ſtate Swift thefe themſelves ther theſe things thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion ufually underſtand underſtood univerfal uſe wherein whofe whole Wotton writers