The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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... common level of mankind . A cha- racter of this kind , is more eagerly enquired into , and to the bulk of mankind more interefting than that of philofophers or heroes . HAPPILY for the public , the materials for their in- formations as ...
... common level of mankind . A cha- racter of this kind , is more eagerly enquired into , and to the bulk of mankind more interefting than that of philofophers or heroes . HAPPILY for the public , the materials for their in- formations as ...
Page xix
... common expences of a journey : and therefore we cannot but applaud his manner of travelling ; fince travel about he certainly muft , or elfe die of the fpleen , Oxford , Dublin , London , Moorpark , and Leicester , were at various times ...
... common expences of a journey : and therefore we cannot but applaud his manner of travelling ; fince travel about he certainly muft , or elfe die of the fpleen , Oxford , Dublin , London , Moorpark , and Leicester , were at various times ...
Page xxv
... common , heteroclite genius . Perhaps it may be thought exceed- ingly ftrange by those who admire Swift only for his wit and po- litics , that immediately after he had gone to refide in the country , he fhould begin to reflect , that he ...
... common , heteroclite genius . Perhaps it may be thought exceed- ingly ftrange by those who admire Swift only for his wit and po- litics , that immediately after he had gone to refide in the country , he fhould begin to reflect , that he ...
Page xxxvii
... common ordinary penknife , with a tortoife shell handle ; and when it was fhut , was just about the length of a man's little finger . But as the blade was broken within half an inch of the handle , by the violence of the blow against ...
... common ordinary penknife , with a tortoife shell handle ; and when it was fhut , was just about the length of a man's little finger . But as the blade was broken within half an inch of the handle , by the violence of the blow against ...
Page lviii
... common forms , that he ever paid his court , throughout his whole life , to any woman befides , in the character of a profefled lover . D. S. p . 93 , 94. - See Swift's letter to Mr Kendall , vol . 4 . P. 288 . Mrs Johnfon , with regard ...
... common forms , that he ever paid his court , throughout his whole life , to any woman befides , in the character of a profefled lover . D. S. p . 93 , 94. - See Swift's letter to Mr Kendall , vol . 4 . P. 288 . Mrs Johnfon , with regard ...
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