The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page 10
... usually perfons of the beft understanding in the kingdom . [ vol . 4. p . 295. ] Bur this dangerous power was under the direction of fuch fweetness of temper , fuch generál kindness , and re- luctance to give pain , that she never ...
... usually perfons of the beft understanding in the kingdom . [ vol . 4. p . 295. ] Bur this dangerous power was under the direction of fuch fweetness of temper , fuch generál kindness , and re- luctance to give pain , that she never ...
Page 69
... usually directs it there . But I here think fit to lay hold on that great and honourable privilege of being the laft writer ; I claim an abfolute authority in right , as the fresheft modern , which gives me a defpotic power over all ...
... usually directs it there . But I here think fit to lay hold on that great and honourable privilege of being the laft writer ; I claim an abfolute authority in right , as the fresheft modern , which gives me a defpotic power over all ...
Page 92
... usually mis- taken by their adversaries , and indeed by all , except their own followers , to have been perfons crazed , or out of their wits ; having generally proceeded in the common course of their words and actions , by a method ...
... usually mis- taken by their adversaries , and indeed by all , except their own followers , to have been perfons crazed , or out of their wits ; having generally proceeded in the common course of their words and actions , by a method ...
Page 102
... usually an- nexed to his office , will be very hardly perfuaded to believe . SECT . X. 1 A FURTHER DIGRESSION * . T is an unanfwerable argument of a very refined age , between the nation of authors and that of readers . There can hardly ...
... usually an- nexed to his office , will be very hardly perfuaded to believe . SECT . X. 1 A FURTHER DIGRESSION * . T is an unanfwerable argument of a very refined age , between the nation of authors and that of readers . There can hardly ...
Page 104
... usually paffes under the name of The author of the first . I eafily forefee , that , as foon as I lay down my pen , this nimble operator will have ftole it , and treat me as inhumanely as he hath already done Dr. Bl - re L- ge , and ...
... usually paffes under the name of The author of the first . I eafily forefee , that , as foon as I lay down my pen , this nimble operator will have ftole it , and treat me as inhumanely as he hath already done Dr. Bl - re L- ge , and ...
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