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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It is however true , that · he kept his friends in fome degree of awe ; and was therefore rather an entertaining , than a desireable guest . He was open to adu . lation , and could not , or would not diftin . guish between low flattery ...
It is however true , that · he kept his friends in fome degree of awe ; and was therefore rather an entertaining , than a desireable guest . He was open to adu . lation , and could not , or would not diftin . guish between low flattery ...
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Which , if true , is very furprising , so I have , ” says she , is 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 .
Which , if true , is very furprising , so I have , ” says she , is 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 .
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He was a perpetual friend to merit and learning ; and utterly incapable of envy ; for in true genuine wit , he could fear no rival . It has been often observed , that where are bestowed , there the strongeit paflions are likewise given ...
He was a perpetual friend to merit and learning ; and utterly incapable of envy ; for in true genuine wit , he could fear no rival . It has been often observed , that where are bestowed , there the strongeit paflions are likewise given ...
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We must join both these characters together to form a true idea of Dr. Swift : yet as he outdoes Addison in humour , he ex . cels Tillotson in perspicuity . The archbishop indeed confined himself to subjects relative to his profession ...
We must join both these characters together to form a true idea of Dr. Swift : yet as he outdoes Addison in humour , he ex . cels Tillotson in perspicuity . The archbishop indeed confined himself to subjects relative to his profession ...
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... no farther than he is guilty ; and that his faults may not be multiplied by the ignorant , the unnatural , and charitable applications of those who have neither candor to fuppofe good meanings , nor palate to distinguish true ones .
... no farther than he is guilty ; and that his faults may not be multiplied by the ignorant , the unnatural , and charitable applications of those who have neither candor to fuppofe good meanings , nor palate to distinguish true ones .
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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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