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I have no objection to Mr Swift . I know him to be a fprightly ingenious young man ; but instead of refiding , I dare fay , he will " be eternally flying backwards and forwards to London ; and " therefore I intreat , that he may be ...
I have no objection to Mr Swift . I know him to be a fprightly ingenious young man ; but instead of refiding , I dare fay , he will " be eternally flying backwards and forwards to London ; and " therefore I intreat , that he may be ...
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... defirous to have the honour of being ranked among his best friends , had a greater fhare in obftructing his promotion to the deanery of Derry , than perhaps any filly , tri- fling objections against his youth and fprightlinefs .
... defirous to have the honour of being ranked among his best friends , had a greater fhare in obftructing his promotion to the deanery of Derry , than perhaps any filly , tri- fling objections against his youth and fprightlinefs .
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THERE is one thing which the judicious reader cannot but have obferved , that fome of those paffages in this dif- courfe , which appear moft liable to objection , are what they call parodies , where the author perfonates the style and ...
THERE is one thing which the judicious reader cannot but have obferved , that fome of those paffages in this dif- courfe , which appear moft liable to objection , are what they call parodies , where the author perfonates the style and ...
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ANOTHER thing to be obferved , is , that there generally runs an irony through the thread of the whole book ; which the men of taste will obferve and distinguish , and which will render some objections that have been made , very weak ...
ANOTHER thing to be obferved , is , that there generally runs an irony through the thread of the whole book ; which the men of taste will obferve and distinguish , and which will render some objections that have been made , very weak ...
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The great objection is against his manner of treating it , very unfuitable to one of his fun- ction . It was determined by a fair majority , that this anfwerer had , in a way not to be pardoned , drawn his pen against a certain great ...
The great objection is against his manner of treating it , very unfuitable to one of his fun- ction . It was determined by a fair majority , that this anfwerer had , in a way not to be pardoned , drawn his pen against a certain great ...
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| Title | The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift .. Volume 1 of The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift, Jonathan Swift |
| Author | Jonathan Swift |
| Publisher | G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 4 May 2017 |
| Length | 2984 pages |
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