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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... when they published the Mifcellany , in which the tranfition From grave to gay , from lively to fevere , appears frequently to be the effect rather of I choice choice than accident . However , as the reader will iv THE PREF A C E.
... when they published the Mifcellany , in which the tranfition From grave to gay , from lively to fevere , appears frequently to be the effect rather of I choice choice than accident . However , as the reader will iv THE PREF A C E.
Page viii
... appear upon a comparison of that edition with this , as well by those passages , which were altered under colour of correction , as by thofe in which accidental imperfections were fuffered to remain . Of these passages the fol- lowing ...
... appear upon a comparison of that edition with this , as well by those passages , which were altered under colour of correction , as by thofe in which accidental imperfections were fuffered to remain . Of these passages the fol- lowing ...
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... appears by many paffages , that the ftature of the Brobdingnagians was , to that of Gul- liver , nearly as tén to one , and his proportion is kept in other things . Our battering - pieces being about twelve feet long , Gulliver , who ...
... appears by many paffages , that the ftature of the Brobdingnagians was , to that of Gul- liver , nearly as tén to one , and his proportion is kept in other things . Our battering - pieces being about twelve feet long , Gulliver , who ...
Page xiv
... appears also by a letter of Mr. Pope , dated 15th Sept. 1734 , that the Dean had strongly difavowed this piece , not to him only , but to Lord Car- teret , and others , and that there was reafon to believe it the performance of a person ...
... appears also by a letter of Mr. Pope , dated 15th Sept. 1734 , that the Dean had strongly difavowed this piece , not to him only , but to Lord Car- teret , and others , and that there was reafon to believe it the performance of a person ...
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... appears beyond contradiction to have been impoffible , for fir William Temple was refident abroad in a public character from the year 1665 to 1670 , as may be proved by his letters to the earl of Ar- hington and the reft of the miniltry ...
... appears beyond contradiction to have been impoffible , for fir William Temple was refident abroad in a public character from the year 1665 to 1670 , as may be proved by his letters to the earl of Ar- hington and the reft of the miniltry ...
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