The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift, Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin. In Thirteen Volumes. ...John Donadlson [sic], London, 1774 |
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Page xxvi
... affected first to believe her in jeft , then to rally her on fo whimsical a choice , and at laft to put her off without an abfolute refufal ; and , while he was in this fituation , he wrote the poem , called , " Cadenus and " Vaneffa ...
... affected first to believe her in jeft , then to rally her on fo whimsical a choice , and at laft to put her off without an abfolute refufal ; and , while he was in this fituation , he wrote the poem , called , " Cadenus and " Vaneffa ...
Page xl
... affected to defpife , but thofe who were without it . But his con- verfation abounded with turns of wit of a higher kind . The Dean alfo greatly excell- ed in telling a ftory , his fentences were short and perfpicuous , his obfervations ...
... affected to defpife , but thofe who were without it . But his con- verfation abounded with turns of wit of a higher kind . The Dean alfo greatly excell- ed in telling a ftory , his fentences were short and perfpicuous , his obfervations ...
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... affected to have that noble writer called his adverfary ; and it was a point of fatire well direct- ed ; for I have been told , Sir William Temple was fufficiently mortified at the term . All the men of wit and politenefs were ...
... affected to have that noble writer called his adverfary ; and it was a point of fatire well direct- ed ; for I have been told , Sir William Temple was fufficiently mortified at the term . All the men of wit and politenefs were ...
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... affects to bear continually about him . Be pleased to remark the length and ftrength , the fharpnefs and hardness of his nails and teeth ; confider his baneful , abominable breath , enemy to life and matter , infectious and corrupting ...
... affects to bear continually about him . Be pleased to remark the length and ftrength , the fharpnefs and hardness of his nails and teeth ; confider his baneful , abominable breath , enemy to life and matter , infectious and corrupting ...
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... affects me , to confider , that all the towardly paffages I fhall deliver in the following treatife , will grow quite out of date and relish with the first shifting of the prefent fcene ; yet I must needs fubfcribe to the juftice of ...
... affects me , to confider , that all the towardly paffages I fhall deliver in the following treatife , will grow quite out of date and relish with the first shifting of the prefent fcene ; yet I must needs fubfcribe to the juftice of ...
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