The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Accurately Revised, in Twelve Volumes. Adorned with Copper-plates; with Some Account of the Author's Life, and Notes Historical and Explanatory, Volume 1C. Bathurst, J. Rivington, W. Strahan, B. Collins, J. Hinton, J. Dodsley, L. Davis and C. Reymers, R. Baldwin, and W. Bowyer., 1766 |
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Page vii
... says his lordship , that vice as foon as it defied shame , was immediately changed into virtue ; but the most obvious and natural meaning is just contrary . That we defire to con- ceal no act which upon reflection we do not dif- cover ...
... says his lordship , that vice as foon as it defied shame , was immediately changed into virtue ; but the most obvious and natural meaning is just contrary . That we defire to con- ceal no act which upon reflection we do not dif- cover ...
Page ix
... says , that he arrived in the Downs from Lilliput , on the 13th of April , 1702 , and that he took shipping again on the 20th of June following , two months after his return ; but in the Irish edition , though the fame dates are ...
... says , that he arrived in the Downs from Lilliput , on the 13th of April , 1702 , and that he took shipping again on the 20th of June following , two months after his return ; but in the Irish edition , though the fame dates are ...
Page xi
... say of his box that it was tossed up and down like a sign - post in a windy day , though the manner in which a fign - post is tofssed up and down by the wind is much less easy to conceive , than the motion of the box which it was intend ...
... say of his box that it was tossed up and down like a sign - post in a windy day , though the manner in which a fign - post is tofssed up and down by the wind is much less easy to conceive , than the motion of the box which it was intend ...
Page xiii
... say of a man who has the power and the will , that he has also the guilt to do mis- chief ; for whatever guilt he can contract be- fore the perpetration of the mischief , is included in the will . These passages are to be found in the ...
... say of a man who has the power and the will , that he has also the guilt to do mis- chief ; for whatever guilt he can contract be- fore the perpetration of the mischief , is included in the will . These passages are to be found in the ...
Page xiv
... says , in a letter to Mr. Pope , dated May 1 , 1733 , it is an imposture , mean and trivial , and full of the cant that I most despise . It appears also by a letter of Mr. Pope , dated 15th Sept. 1734 , that the Dean had strongly ...
... says , in a letter to Mr. Pope , dated May 1 , 1733 , it is an imposture , mean and trivial , and full of the cant that I most despise . It appears also by a letter of Mr. Pope , dated 15th Sept. 1734 , that the Dean had strongly ...
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