The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page v
... most valuable part of history , both for entertainment and inftruction . Accounts of fuch perfons especially , as befides their merit , have been diftinguished by any remarkable peculiarities of charac- ter or genius , juftly command ...
... most valuable part of history , both for entertainment and inftruction . Accounts of fuch perfons especially , as befides their merit , have been diftinguished by any remarkable peculiarities of charac- ter or genius , juftly command ...
Page vi
... most accurate and best digested account we have feen , we have given it entire to our readers . Some o- miffions in it are supplied , and a variety of notes added , containing fuch anecdotes , or different relations of the fame fact as ...
... most accurate and best digested account we have feen , we have given it entire to our readers . Some o- miffions in it are supplied , and a variety of notes added , containing fuch anecdotes , or different relations of the fame fact as ...
Page xi
... most gene- roufly ftept in to his affiftance , and avowedly supported his educa- tion at the university of Oxford . Acts of generosity seldom meet with their juft applaufe . Sir William Temple's friendship was im- mediately conftrued to ...
... most gene- roufly ftept in to his affiftance , and avowedly supported his educa- tion at the university of Oxford . Acts of generosity seldom meet with their juft applaufe . Sir William Temple's friendship was im- mediately conftrued to ...
Page xxv
... most rational devotion . He was indeed devout , not only in his public and folemn addreffes to God , but in that tranfient act of adoration , which is called say- ing grace , and which generally confits only in a mutter and a bow ; in ...
... most rational devotion . He was indeed devout , not only in his public and folemn addreffes to God , but in that tranfient act of adoration , which is called say- ing grace , and which generally confits only in a mutter and a bow ; in ...
Page xxxvi
... most , it terminates , like rays collected by a burning- glafs , in a very fmall circle , which is fcarce more than ... most reserved and myfte- rious of all politicians , was to him , in affairs of the ut- most moment , open and ...
... most , it terminates , like rays collected by a burning- glafs , in a very fmall circle , which is fcarce more than ... most reserved and myfte- rious of all politicians , was to him , in affairs of the ut- most moment , open and ...
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