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 viii
... light upon each other , afcertained controver- ted facts , and rectified mistakes , which , if they had ftill been traditional and oral , would still have been believed . Several little incidents , which thewed the peculiarities of his ...
... light upon each other , afcertained controver- ted facts , and rectified mistakes , which , if they had ftill been traditional and oral , would still have been believed . Several little incidents , which thewed the peculiarities of his ...
Page xxx
... light . The truth is , Swift's difap- pointments had rendered him fplenetic and angry with the whole world , and he frequent- ly indulged himself in a mifanthropy that is intolerable ; he has done fo particularly in fome parts of this ...
... light . The truth is , Swift's difap- pointments had rendered him fplenetic and angry with the whole world , and he frequent- ly indulged himself in a mifanthropy that is intolerable ; he has done fo particularly in fome parts of this ...
Page xxxiv
... light , and confider- ed as a man utterly devoid of humanity : for it is generally agreed , that Stella's immature death was occafioned by the peculiarity of his conduct towards her . It appears by feve- ral little incidents , that the ...
... light , and confider- ed as a man utterly devoid of humanity : for it is generally agreed , that Stella's immature death was occafioned by the peculiarity of his conduct towards her . It appears by feve- ral little incidents , that the ...
Page 11
... light a pretence to allow a man to affign a name in public . He condemns a book , and confequently the author , of whom he is utterly ignorant ; yet at the fame time fixes , in print , what he thinks a disadvantageous character upon ...
... light a pretence to allow a man to affign a name in public . He condemns a book , and confequently the author , of whom he is utterly ignorant ; yet at the fame time fixes , in print , what he thinks a disadvantageous character upon ...
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... light . It is true , I fhould be very loth , the bright example of your Lordship's virtucs fhould be loft to after ages , both for their fake and your own ; but chiefly , because they will be fo very neceffary to adorn the hiftory of a ...
... light . It is true , I fhould be very loth , the bright example of your Lordship's virtucs fhould be loft to after ages , both for their fake and your own ; but chiefly , because they will be fo very neceffary to adorn the hiftory of a ...
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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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