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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... reason , that he employed this time upon Gulliver's Travels . This work is a moral political ro- mance , in which Swift has exerted the ftrongest efforts of a fine irregular genius : but while his imagination and wit delight , it is ...
... reason , that he employed this time upon Gulliver's Travels . This work is a moral political ro- mance , in which Swift has exerted the ftrongest efforts of a fine irregular genius : but while his imagination and wit delight , it is ...
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... , famplars , and other pieces of burlefque on the Royal Society , and the art of cookery , in imitation of Horace's art of poetry , & c . Hawkef . other other reasons obvious enough for his miscarriage in this : A TALE OF A TU B.
... , famplars , and other pieces of burlefque on the Royal Society , and the art of cookery , in imitation of Horace's art of poetry , & c . Hawkef . other other reasons obvious enough for his miscarriage in this : A TALE OF A TU B.
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Jonathan Swift. other reasons obvious enough for his miscarriage in this : he writ against the conviction of his talent , and entered upon one of the wrongest attempts in nature , to turn into ridicule , by a week's labour , a work ...
Jonathan Swift. other reasons obvious enough for his miscarriage in this : he writ against the conviction of his talent , and entered upon one of the wrongest attempts in nature , to turn into ridicule , by a week's labour , a work ...
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... reasons already alledged . Some overtures have been made , by a third hand , to the book- feller , for the author's altering thofe paffages which he thought might require it . But it feems the bookfeller will not hear of any fuch thing ...
... reasons already alledged . Some overtures have been made , by a third hand , to the book- feller , for the author's altering thofe paffages which he thought might require it . But it feems the bookfeller will not hear of any fuch thing ...
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... reason to fear ) with pen , ink , and paper , which may , at an hour's warning , be drawn out into pamphlets , and o- ther offenfive weapons , ready for immediate execution ; it was judged of absolute neceffity , that fome prefent ...
... reason to fear ) with pen , ink , and paper , which may , at an hour's warning , be drawn out into pamphlets , and o- ther offenfive weapons , ready for immediate execution ; it was judged of absolute neceffity , that fome prefent ...
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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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