The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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... treatises written exprefsly against it , befides many others that have flirted at it oc- cafionally , without one fyllable having been ever publish- ed in its defence , or even quotation to its advantage that I can remember , except by ...
... treatises written exprefsly against it , befides many others that have flirted at it oc- cafionally , without one fyllable having been ever publish- ed in its defence , or even quotation to its advantage that I can remember , except by ...
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... treatise in his life , nor heard of it before ; and he is fure it is im poffible for two writers of different times and countries , to agree in their thoughts after fuch a manner , that two continued difcourfes fhall be the fame , only ...
... treatise in his life , nor heard of it before ; and he is fure it is im poffible for two writers of different times and countries , to agree in their thoughts after fuch a manner , that two continued difcourfes fhall be the fame , only ...
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... treatise , that he hath calculated it for the year 1697 ; and in several paffages of that discourse , as well as the second , it appears they were written about that time . As to the author , I can give no manner of fatisfaction ...
... treatise , that he hath calculated it for the year 1697 ; and in several paffages of that discourse , as well as the second , it appears they were written about that time . As to the author , I can give no manner of fatisfaction ...
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... treatise ; which , I hope , will ferve for an interim of fome months to employ thofe unquiet fpirits , till the perfecting of that great work into the fecret of which , it is reasonable the courteous reader fhould have fome little light ...
... treatise ; which , I hope , will ferve for an interim of fome months to employ thofe unquiet fpirits , till the perfecting of that great work into the fecret of which , it is reasonable the courteous reader fhould have fome little light ...
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... treatise . Not fo my more fuccessful brethren the moderns , who will by no means let flip a preface or dedication , without fome notable diftinguishing stroke to furprise the reader at the entry , and kindle a wonderful expectation of ...
... treatise . Not fo my more fuccessful brethren the moderns , who will by no means let flip a preface or dedication , without fome notable diftinguishing stroke to furprise the reader at the entry , and kindle a wonderful expectation of ...
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