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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... reader , and the want is genesally complained of : Yet none of the London editions bave any index . Therefore , to supply so material a defect , three indexes are annexed . The first is of the titles of the pieces in profe ...
... reader , and the want is genesally complained of : Yet none of the London editions bave any index . Therefore , to supply so material a defect , three indexes are annexed . The first is of the titles of the pieces in profe ...
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... and dexterity , and while he entertains the ignorant and the vulgar , he draws an equal attention from the learned and the great . When he is serious , his gravity becomes him ; when he laughs , his readers must laugh with him .
... and dexterity , and while he entertains the ignorant and the vulgar , he draws an equal attention from the learned and the great . When he is serious , his gravity becomes him ; when he laughs , his readers must laugh with him .
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The bookseller's dedication , The bookseller to the reader , The epift le dedicatory , to Prince Pofterity , The preface , A Tale of a Tub , 15 16 29 21 27 37--139 The battle of the books , 140 A discourfe concerning the mechanical ...
The bookseller's dedication , The bookseller to the reader , The epift le dedicatory , to Prince Pofterity , The preface , A Tale of a Tub , 15 16 29 21 27 37--139 The battle of the books , 140 A discourfe concerning the mechanical ...
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When he is serious , his gravity becomes him , . when he laughs , his readers must laugh with him , But what shall be said for his love of trifles , and his want of delicacy and decorum errors , that if he did not contract , at least he ...
When he is serious , his gravity becomes him , . when he laughs , his readers must laugh with him , But what shall be said for his love of trifles , and his want of delicacy and decorum errors , that if he did not contract , at least he ...
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There is one thing which the judicious reader cannot but have observed , that some of those passages in this discourse , which appear most liable to objection , are what they call parodies , where the author personates the style and ...
There is one thing which the judicious reader cannot but have observed , that some of those passages in this discourse , which appear most liable to objection , are what they call parodies , where the author personates the style and ...
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| Title | The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin Volume 1 of The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Jonathan Swift |
| Author | Jonathan Swift |
| Publisher | C. Bathurst, J. Rivington, W. Strahan, B. Collins, J. Hinton, J. Dodsley, L. Davis and C. Reymers, R. Baldwin, and W. Bowyer, 1766 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 28 Sep 2018 |
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