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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... true , that he kept his friends in fome degree of awe , and was therefore rather an entertaining , than a defireable gueft . He was open to adu lation , and could not , or would not distin • guish between low flattery and just applause ...
... true , that he kept his friends in fome degree of awe , and was therefore rather an entertaining , than a defireable gueft . He was open to adu lation , and could not , or would not distin • guish between low flattery and just applause ...
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... true , is very furprifing . I have , " fays fhe , often been led to look on the world as a garden , and the human minds as fo ma- ny plants , fet by the hand of the great Creator " for utility and ornament . Thus fome , we fee , ear ...
... true , is very furprifing . I have , " fays fhe , often been led to look on the world as a garden , and the human minds as fo ma- ny plants , fet by the hand of the great Creator " for utility and ornament . Thus fome , we fee , ear ...
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... true genuine wit , he could fear no rival . It has been often obferved , that where great talents are bestowed , there the ftrongest paffions are likewife given . This great man did but too often let them have dominion over him , and ...
... true genuine wit , he could fear no rival . It has been often obferved , that where great talents are bestowed , there the ftrongest paffions are likewife given . This great man did but too often let them have dominion over him , and ...
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... true idea of Dr. Swift yet as he outdoes Addison in humour , he ex- cels Tillotfon in perfpicuity . The archbishop indeed confined himself to fubjects relative to his profeffion : but Addison and Swift are more diffufive writers . They ...
... true idea of Dr. Swift yet as he outdoes Addison in humour , he ex- cels Tillotfon in perfpicuity . The archbishop indeed confined himself to fubjects relative to his profeffion : but Addison and Swift are more diffufive writers . They ...
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... true ones . Why fhould any clergyman of our church be angry to fee the follies of Fanaticism and Superftition exposed , tho ' in the most ridiculous manner ? fince that is per- haps the most probable way to cure them , or at lealt to ...
... true ones . Why fhould any clergyman of our church be angry to fee the follies of Fanaticism and Superftition exposed , tho ' in the most ridiculous manner ? fince that is per- haps the most probable way to cure them , or at lealt to ...
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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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