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 xxxi
... themselves , till they knew his fentiments and inclinations . Over the populace he was the moft abfolute monarch that ever governed men ; and he was regarded by persons of e- very rank with veneration and esteem . He was several times ...
... themselves , till they knew his fentiments and inclinations . Over the populace he was the moft abfolute monarch that ever governed men ; and he was regarded by persons of e- very rank with veneration and esteem . He was several times ...
Page lxvi
... themselves with the entrails of their country , is different from that perfonal fatire , which too often proceeds merely from felf - love or ill nature . The one is written in defence of the public , the other in defence of ourselves ...
... themselves with the entrails of their country , is different from that perfonal fatire , which too often proceeds merely from felf - love or ill nature . The one is written in defence of the public , the other in defence of ourselves ...
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... themselves bare to the Jafhes of both , think the blow is weak , because they are infenfible ; and where wit hath any mixture of raillery , it is but calling it banter , and the work is done . This polite word of theirs was first ...
... themselves bare to the Jafhes of both , think the blow is weak , because they are infenfible ; and where wit hath any mixture of raillery , it is but calling it banter , and the work is done . This polite word of theirs was first ...
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... themselves . Now , your Lordship is to understand , that this proceeding was not of my own invention ; for I have fome where heard , it is a maxim , - That thofe to whom every body allows the fecond place , have an undoubted title to ...
... themselves . Now , your Lordship is to understand , that this proceeding was not of my own invention ; for I have fome where heard , it is a maxim , - That thofe to whom every body allows the fecond place , have an undoubted title to ...
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... themselves , fitted to the hu- mour of the age ; as they have already done , with great felicity , to Don Quixote , Boccalini , La Bruyere , and other authors . However , I thought it fairer dealing to offer the whole work in its ...
... themselves , fitted to the hu- mour of the age ; as they have already done , with great felicity , to Don Quixote , Boccalini , La Bruyere , and other authors . However , I thought it fairer dealing to offer the whole work in its ...
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