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 vi
... whole ftrength and propriety . As to the arrangement of the different pieces , we have claffed them in the order which appeared to us the most natural , and by which we could most conveniently complete the work in eight volumes , of a ...
... whole ftrength and propriety . As to the arrangement of the different pieces , we have claffed them in the order which appeared to us the most natural , and by which we could most conveniently complete the work in eight volumes , of a ...
Page xv
... whole account in writing , to convince the King how ill he was advised .. This was Swift's firft embaffy to court , who , though he under- ftood English hiftory , and the matter in hand . very well , yet did not prevail . Soon after ...
... whole account in writing , to convince the King how ill he was advised .. This was Swift's firft embaffy to court , who , though he under- ftood English hiftory , and the matter in hand . very well , yet did not prevail . Soon after ...
Page xx
... whole fortune , though he was related to Sir William Temple , was no more than an annuity of 27 1. Whether Swift at this time defired the company of Stella as a wife , or a friend , is not certain ; but the reafon which The and her ...
... whole fortune , though he was related to Sir William Temple , was no more than an annuity of 27 1. Whether Swift at this time defired the company of Stella as a wife , or a friend , is not certain ; but the reafon which The and her ...
Page xxiii
... whole time of his connec- tion with Queen Anne's miniftry . From thefe unrestrained effufions of his heart many particulars are known , which would other- wife have lain hid ; and by thefe it appears , that he was not only employed ...
... whole time of his connec- tion with Queen Anne's miniftry . From thefe unrestrained effufions of his heart many particulars are known , which would other- wife have lain hid ; and by thefe it appears , that he was not only employed ...
Page xxiv
... whole was fo much in the spirit of party - writing , that though it might have made a feafonable pamphlet in the time of their adminiftration , it would be a difhonour to juft hiftory . Swift feems to have been extremely fond of this ...
... whole was fo much in the spirit of party - writing , that though it might have made a feafonable pamphlet in the time of their adminiftration , it would be a difhonour to juft hiftory . Swift feems to have been extremely fond of this ...
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