The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page xxix
... modern author , who are born with a fecret antipathy to each other , and engage as naturally when they meet , as the elephant and rhinoceros . In a mixture of these twa jarring animals confifted the first ministry of Q. Anne ; but the ...
... modern author , who are born with a fecret antipathy to each other , and engage as naturally when they meet , as the elephant and rhinoceros . In a mixture of these twa jarring animals confifted the first ministry of Q. Anne ; but the ...
Page cvii
... modern good breeding would have struggled with me for the cof- " fee - pot , till fhe had made me fcald myself and her , " and made me - throw the coffee in the fire , or perhaps " at her head , rather than permit me to take fo much ...
... modern good breeding would have struggled with me for the cof- " fee - pot , till fhe had made me fcald myself and her , " and made me - throw the coffee in the fire , or perhaps " at her head , rather than permit me to take fo much ...
Page cxxiii
... modern learning : from the annotation are felected the notes figned W. Wotton ; thus Wotton appears bufied to illuftrate a work , which he laboured to condemn , and adds force to a fatire pointed against himself ; as captives were bound ...
... modern learning : from the annotation are felected the notes figned W. Wotton ; thus Wotton appears bufied to illuftrate a work , which he laboured to condemn , and adds force to a fatire pointed against himself ; as captives were bound ...
Page xiv
... modern cuftom of employing wit up- on thofe topics ; of which there is a remarkable inftance in the 88th page , as well as in feveral others , though per- haps once or twice expreffed in too free a manner , ex- cufable only for the ...
... modern cuftom of employing wit up- on thofe topics ; of which there is a remarkable inftance in the 88th page , as well as in feveral others , though per- haps once or twice expreffed in too free a manner , ex- cufable only for the ...
Page 11
... modern piece of wit , and which is apt to fuffer fo much in the carriage . Some things are ex- tremely witty ; to - day , or fafting , or in this place , or at eight o'clock , or over a bottle , or poke by Mr. What- d'y'call'm , or in a ...
... modern piece of wit , and which is apt to fuffer fo much in the carriage . Some things are ex- tremely witty ; to - day , or fafting , or in this place , or at eight o'clock , or over a bottle , or poke by Mr. What- d'y'call'm , or in a ...
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