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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Mr. Harley received him with the utmost kindness and re . spect ; kept him with him two hours alone ; engaged in , and soon after accomplished , his business ; bid him come often to see him privately , and told him , that he must bring ...
Mr. Harley received him with the utmost kindness and re . spect ; kept him with him two hours alone ; engaged in , and soon after accomplished , his business ; bid him come often to see him privately , and told him , that he must bring ...
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In orbut their own , that if they could not carry a peace , they must foon be sent to the Tower , even though they should agree . der therefore to facilitate this great event , Swift wrote the conduct of the Allies : a piece , which he ...
In orbut their own , that if they could not carry a peace , they must foon be sent to the Tower , even though they should agree . der therefore to facilitate this great event , Swift wrote the conduct of the Allies : a piece , which he ...
Page xlv
If his æconomy degenerated into avarice , it must be confessed it did not contract his bounty . He turned all the evil of excellive frugality , upon bimself ; it induced him to walk , when he had been used to ride , and he would then ...
If his æconomy degenerated into avarice , it must be confessed it did not contract his bounty . He turned all the evil of excellive frugality , upon bimself ; it induced him to walk , when he had been used to ride , and he would then ...
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... and dexterity , and while he entertains the ignorant and the vulgar , he draws an equal attention from the learned and the great . When he is serious , his gravity becomes him ; when he laughs , his readers must laugh with him .
... and dexterity , and while he entertains the ignorant and the vulgar , he draws an equal attention from the learned and the great . When he is serious , his gravity becomes him ; when he laughs , his readers must laugh with him .
Page lv
... he is fo perfectly a malter of harmonious numbers , " that , had his heart been the least affected with the 5 subject , he must have writ better , How cold , how « forced , are his lines to you , compared with your's « to him ?
... he is fo perfectly a malter of harmonious numbers , " that , had his heart been the least affected with the 5 subject , he must have writ better , How cold , how « forced , are his lines to you , compared with your's « to him ?
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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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