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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These have mutually reflected light upon each other , ascertained controverted facts , and rectified mistakes , which , if they had still been traditional and oral , would still have been believed .
These have mutually reflected light upon each other , ascertained controverted facts , and rectified mistakes , which , if they had still been traditional and oral , would still have been believed .
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... of a fine irregular genius : but while his imagination and wit delight , it is hardly possible not to be sometimes offended with his satire , which sets not only all human actions , but human nature itself , in the worst light .
... of a fine irregular genius : but while his imagination and wit delight , it is hardly possible not to be sometimes offended with his satire , which sets not only all human actions , but human nature itself , in the worst light .
Page xxxiv
Swift to have been guided in this affair by mere caprice and humour , he cannot but be seen in a most ungracious light , and considered as a man utterly devoid of humanity : for it is generally agreed , that Stella's immature death was ...
Swift to have been guided in this affair by mere caprice and humour , he cannot but be seen in a most ungracious light , and considered as a man utterly devoid of humanity : for it is generally agreed , that Stella's immature death was ...
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To which can only be returned , that he is abfolutely mistaken in all his conjectures ; and furely conjectures are , at belt , too light a pretence to allow a man to assign a name in public ...
To which can only be returned , that he is abfolutely mistaken in all his conjectures ; and furely conjectures are , at belt , too light a pretence to allow a man to assign a name in public ...
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... have not often produced upon the 1tage of the world ; and those few , which , for want of occasions to exert them , might otherwise have passed ún . feen or unobserved by your friends , your enemies have at length brought to light .
... have not often produced upon the 1tage of the world ; and those few , which , for want of occasions to exert them , might otherwise have passed ún . feen or unobserved by your friends , your enemies have at length brought to light .
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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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