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 79
... observed how he was pleased , and affected to have that noble writer called his adver- fary ; and it was a point of fatyr well directed ; for I have been told , fir William Temple was fufficiently mortified at the term . All the men of ...
... observed how he was pleased , and affected to have that noble writer called his adver- fary ; and it was a point of fatyr well directed ; for I have been told , fir William Temple was fufficiently mortified at the term . All the men of ...
Page 17
... observe what trash the prefs fwarms with , & c . Another ; Sir , It is merely in obedience to your commands , that I venture into the public ; for who upon a less confideration would be of a party with such a rabble of jcribblers , & c ...
... observe what trash the prefs fwarms with , & c . Another ; Sir , It is merely in obedience to your commands , that I venture into the public ; for who upon a less confideration would be of a party with such a rabble of jcribblers , & c ...
Page 26
... observation ; that in the several affemblies of these orators , nature itself hath inftructed the hearers to stand with their mouths open , and erected parallel to the horizon , so as they may be intersected by a perpendicu- lar line ...
... observation ; that in the several affemblies of these orators , nature itself hath inftructed the hearers to stand with their mouths open , and erected parallel to the horizon , so as they may be intersected by a perpendicu- lar line ...
Page 27
... observed to run much upon a line , and ever in a circle . The whining paffion , and little ftarved conceits are gently wafted up by their own extreme levity to the middle region , and there fix and are frozen by the frigid ...
... observed to run much upon a line , and ever in a circle . The whining paffion , and little ftarved conceits are gently wafted up by their own extreme levity to the middle region , and there fix and are frozen by the frigid ...
Page 57
... observed , the worms would void in- fenfibly by perfpiration , afcending through the brain . A third invention was the erecting of a whispering- office for the public good and eafe of all fuch as are That is purgatory . + Penance and ...
... observed , the worms would void in- fenfibly by perfpiration , afcending through the brain . A third invention was the erecting of a whispering- office for the public good and eafe of all fuch as are That is purgatory . + Penance and ...
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