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 v
... because they were fuppafed to have been written , if not by the Dean , yet by fome friend who knew his particular view in the paffage they were intended to illuftrate , or the truth of the fact which they afferted ; however , this has ...
... because they were fuppafed to have been written , if not by the Dean , yet by fome friend who knew his particular view in the paffage they were intended to illuftrate , or the truth of the fact which they afferted ; however , this has ...
Page vii
... because virtue is pleased in proportion as it is difplayed ; and indeed these verfes could not be supposed an apology for lewd- nefs , if his lordship believed his own assertion , that the Dean was , " Not to be swayed by de- " liberate ...
... because virtue is pleased in proportion as it is difplayed ; and indeed these verfes could not be supposed an apology for lewd- nefs , if his lordship believed his own assertion , that the Dean was , " Not to be swayed by de- " liberate ...
Page xi
... because he might thus have preferved himself from being fhut up in it ; and indeed it is a truth fo evident as to admit no difpute , that while a man fits on the top of a box he will effectually preferve himself from the infide of it ...
... because he might thus have preferved himself from being fhut up in it ; and indeed it is a truth fo evident as to admit no difpute , that while a man fits on the top of a box he will effectually preferve himself from the infide of it ...
Page 11
... because it appears that fir William , though he was ex- tremely angry , admitted his claim to fome . provifion , by offering to make him his deputy of the Rolls in Ireland . This offer however Swift did not accept , but replied , that ...
... because it appears that fir William , though he was ex- tremely angry , admitted his claim to fome . provifion , by offering to make him his deputy of the Rolls in Ireland . This offer however Swift did not accept , but replied , that ...
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... because , as he said , the whigs had renounced their old principles and received others , which their forefathers held in utter abhorrence ; Orrery , 27 . he did not however write any political pam- D.S. 148 . phlet from the year 1701 ...
... because , as he said , the whigs had renounced their old principles and received others , which their forefathers held in utter abhorrence ; Orrery , 27 . he did not however write any political pam- D.S. 148 . phlet from the year 1701 ...
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