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 ix
... reader , and the want is gene- rally complained of : Yet none of the London editions have any index . Therefore , to fupply fo material a defect , three indexes are annexed . The firft is of the titles of the pieces in profe ; the ...
... reader , and the want is gene- rally complained of : Yet none of the London editions have any index . Therefore , to fupply fo material a defect , three indexes are annexed . The firft is of the titles of the pieces in profe ; the ...
Page xlvi
... an equal attention from the learned and the great . When he is ferious , his gravity becomes him ; when he laughs , his readers muft laugh with him . In poetry , he he would not take pains to excel : but be- xlvi The LIFE of.
... an equal attention from the learned and the great . When he is ferious , his gravity becomes him ; when he laughs , his readers muft laugh with him . In poetry , he he would not take pains to excel : but be- xlvi The LIFE of.
Page lxiv
... reader , I 15 16 20 The epiftle dedicatory , to Prince Pofterity , 21 The preface , 27 A Tale of a Tub , 37-139- The battle of the books , 140 A difcourfe concerning the mechanical operation of the Spirit , 170 An argument against ...
... reader , I 15 16 20 The epiftle dedicatory , to Prince Pofterity , 21 The preface , 27 A Tale of a Tub , 37-139- The battle of the books , 140 A difcourfe concerning the mechanical operation of the Spirit , 170 An argument against ...
Page lxv
... readers muft laugh with him . But what shall be faid for his love of trifles , and his want of delicacy and decorum ? errors , that if he did not contract , at least he increafed in Ireland . They are without a parallel . I hope they ...
... readers muft laugh with him . But what shall be faid for his love of trifles , and his want of delicacy and decorum ? errors , that if he did not contract , at least he increafed in Ireland . They are without a parallel . I hope they ...
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... reader cannot but have obferved , that fome of thofe paffages in this difcourfe , which appear most liable to objection , are what they call parodies , where the author perfonates the ftyle and manner of other writers , whom he has a ...
... reader cannot but have obferved , that fome of thofe paffages in this difcourfe , which appear most liable to objection , are what they call parodies , where the author perfonates the ftyle and manner of other writers , whom he has a ...
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