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Page xix
His compa- ny in thofe flights were , I believe , all forts of people which he met in towns and villages where he chanced to refresh himself ; some chat for an hour , and again to the fields . His imagination was al- ways alive ...
His compa- ny in thofe flights were , I believe , all forts of people which he met in towns and villages where he chanced to refresh himself ; some chat for an hour , and again to the fields . His imagination was al- ways alive ...
Page xxv
And fure it is , that in proportion to thofe talents , which he is allowed to have poffeffed in the most eminent degree , he beat all his contem- ' poraries many thousands of leagues in the race of Christianity . D. S. p . 115. 116 .
And fure it is , that in proportion to thofe talents , which he is allowed to have poffeffed in the most eminent degree , he beat all his contem- ' poraries many thousands of leagues in the race of Christianity . D. S. p . 115. 116 .
Page xxix
Yet it may be afferted , and will redound to the honour of Dr Swift , that when he rofe into the confidence and efteem of thofe great men who fat at the helm of affairs during the laft years of Q. Anne's reign , he searce ever loft ...
Yet it may be afferted , and will redound to the honour of Dr Swift , that when he rofe into the confidence and efteem of thofe great men who fat at the helm of affairs during the laft years of Q. Anne's reign , he searce ever loft ...
Page xlii
Thofe " who spoke drew all their arguments from my book , and their " votes confirm all I writ . The court had a majority of 150 .. All agree that it was my book that fpirited them to thefe refo- lutions . " [ Feb. 4. ] ...
Thofe " who spoke drew all their arguments from my book , and their " votes confirm all I writ . The court had a majority of 150 .. All agree that it was my book that fpirited them to thefe refo- lutions . " [ Feb. 4. ] ...
Page xliii
But we are at prefent too near that era , and have had too many unexpected confequences from it , either to judge impartially , or to write undauntedly , of thofe tempeftuous times . As foon as Swift found his pains ...
But we are at prefent too near that era , and have had too many unexpected confequences from it , either to judge impartially , or to write undauntedly , of thofe tempeftuous times . As foon as Swift found his pains ...
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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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