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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... proposed to fet forth in the allegory of the coats , and the three brothers : which was to make up the body of the difcourse ; those in learning he chose to introduce by way of digreffions . He was then a young gentleman much in the ...
... proposed to fet forth in the allegory of the coats , and the three brothers : which was to make up the body of the difcourse ; those in learning he chose to introduce by way of digreffions . He was then a young gentleman much in the ...
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... proposed , was by a certain curious receipt , a noftrum , which , after his untimely death , I found among his papers ; and do here , out of my great affection to the modern learned , present them with it ; not doubting , it may one day ...
... proposed , was by a certain curious receipt , a noftrum , which , after his untimely death , I found among his papers ; and do here , out of my great affection to the modern learned , present them with it ; not doubting , it may one day ...
Page 132
... proposed to himself , how could it avoid having terrible- effects , upon a head and heart so furnished as his ? How ever , the poor remainders of his coat bore all the pu- nishment . The orient fun never entered upon his diur- nal ...
... proposed to himself , how could it avoid having terrible- effects , upon a head and heart so furnished as his ? How ever , the poor remainders of his coat bore all the pu- nishment . The orient fun never entered upon his diur- nal ...
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... proposed an exchange of armour , as a lasting mark of hofpitality between them . Virgil consented , ( for the goddess Diffi- dence came unseen , and cast a mist before his eyes , ) tho his was of gold , and cost a hundred beeves * , the ...
... proposed an exchange of armour , as a lasting mark of hofpitality between them . Virgil consented , ( for the goddess Diffi- dence came unseen , and cast a mist before his eyes , ) tho his was of gold , and cost a hundred beeves * , the ...
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... proposed thereby * . I : Written in the year 1708 .. Am very fenfible , what a weakness and prefump- tion it is , to reafon against the general humour and disposition of the world . I remember it was with great justice , and a due ...
... proposed thereby * . I : Written in the year 1708 .. Am very fenfible , what a weakness and prefump- tion it is , to reafon against the general humour and disposition of the world . I remember it was with great justice , and a due ...
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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