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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... thousand times , though no body feems to acquiefce in it ; namely , that he was not made like other men . ' Add to this , that Swift was a man of great pride , and could not have borne to be defpi- fed , however fecretly ; that he loved ...
... thousand times , though no body feems to acquiefce in it ; namely , that he was not made like other men . ' Add to this , that Swift was a man of great pride , and could not have borne to be defpi- fed , however fecretly ; that he loved ...
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... or an oven ; to the windows of a bawdy - houfe , or to a fordid lantern . Books , like men , their authors , have no more than one way of coming If into the world ; but there are ten thousand to into 24 A TALE OF A T U B.
... or an oven ; to the windows of a bawdy - houfe , or to a fordid lantern . Books , like men , their authors , have no more than one way of coming If into the world ; but there are ten thousand to into 24 A TALE OF A T U B.
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... thousand pages of im- menfe erudition , giving a full and true account of a cer- tain fquabble of wonderful importance between himfelf and a bookfeller * . He is a writer of infinite wit and humour ; no man rallies with a better grace ...
... thousand pages of im- menfe erudition , giving a full and true account of a cer- tain fquabble of wonderful importance between himfelf and a bookfeller * . He is a writer of infinite wit and humour ; no man rallies with a better grace ...
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... thousands , be- fides new and daily additions : fo all the virtues that have been ever in mankind , are to be counted upon a few fingers ; but his follies and vices are innumerable , and time adds hourly to the heap . Now , the utmost a ...
... thousands , be- fides new and daily additions : fo all the virtues that have been ever in mankind , are to be counted upon a few fingers ; but his follies and vices are innumerable , and time adds hourly to the heap . Now , the utmost a ...
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... thousand fchoolmen , and when Tommy Pots is fuppofed written by the fame hand , as a supplement to the former work ? I am willing to imagine , that Dryden , in fome manner or other , had offended Swift , who , otherwife , I hope , would ...
... thousand fchoolmen , and when Tommy Pots is fuppofed written by the fame hand , as a supplement to the former work ? I am willing to imagine , that Dryden , in fome manner or other , had offended Swift , who , otherwife , I hope , would ...
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