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 viii
... common enemy to the rest of " mankind , from whom THEY HAVE received " no obligations . " Voyage to Lilliput , Chap . VI . The children of the Lilliputians are faid to be apprenticed at seven years of age instead of eleven , which is ...
... common enemy to the rest of " mankind , from whom THEY HAVE received " no obligations . " Voyage to Lilliput , Chap . VI . The children of the Lilliputians are faid to be apprenticed at seven years of age instead of eleven , which is ...
Page 68
... common , among pretenders to wit , to affect great contempt for every kind of regularity , to live , or pretend to live , in a state of continual diffipa- tion , without regard to the return of those seasons which have been generally ...
... common , among pretenders to wit , to affect great contempt for every kind of regularity , to live , or pretend to live , in a state of continual diffipa- tion , without regard to the return of those seasons which have been generally ...
Page 75
... common way of other men ; as long as it continues , I fhall ever bear a grate- ful memory for this favour you have shewn , beyond my expectation , and almost exceeding my wifhes . The in- habitants of the liberty , as well as thofe of ...
... common way of other men ; as long as it continues , I fhall ever bear a grate- ful memory for this favour you have shewn , beyond my expectation , and almost exceeding my wifhes . The in- habitants of the liberty , as well as thofe of ...
Page 79
... common an- fwers to books which are allowed to have any merit : they are indeed like annuals , that grow about a young tree , and feem to vie with it for a fummer , but fall and die with the leaves in autumn , and are never heard of any ...
... common an- fwers to books which are allowed to have any merit : they are indeed like annuals , that grow about a young tree , and feem to vie with it for a fummer , but fall and die with the leaves in autumn , and are never heard of any ...
Page 79
... common hands , nor to be hoped for above once or twice in an age . Men would be more cautious of lofing their time in fuch an undertaking , if they did but confider , that to answer a book effectually , requires more pains and skill ...
... common hands , nor to be hoped for above once or twice in an age . Men would be more cautious of lofing their time in fuch an undertaking , if they did but confider , that to answer a book effectually , requires more pains and skill ...
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