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
... treatises as have been written against the enfuing discourse , which are already funk into waite paper and oblivion , after the ufual fate of common an- fwers to books which are allowed to have any merit : they are indeed like annuals ...
... treatises as have been written against the enfuing discourse , which are already funk into waite paper and oblivion , after the ufual fate of common an- fwers to books which are allowed to have any merit : they are indeed like annuals ...
Page 79
... treatise in his life , nor heard of it before ; and he is fure it is im- poffible for two writers , of different times and countries , to agree in their thoughts after fuch a manner , that two continued difcourfes fhall be the fame ...
... treatise in his life , nor heard of it before ; and he is fure it is im- poffible for two writers , of different times and countries , to agree in their thoughts after fuch a manner , that two continued difcourfes fhall be the fame ...
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... treatise , that he hath calculated it for the year 1697 , and in feveral paffages of that dif- courfe , as well as the fecond , it appears , they were written about that time . As to the author , I can give no manner of fatisfac- tion ...
... treatise , that he hath calculated it for the year 1697 , and in feveral paffages of that dif- courfe , as well as the fecond , it appears , they were written about that time . As to the author , I can give no manner of fatisfac- tion ...
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... treatise , which I hope will ferve for an interim of fome months to employ thofe unquiet fpirits , till the perfect- ing of that great work ; into the fecret of which , it is reasonable the courteous reader fhould have fome little light ...
... treatise , which I hope will ferve for an interim of fome months to employ thofe unquiet fpirits , till the perfect- ing of that great work ; into the fecret of which , it is reasonable the courteous reader fhould have fome little light ...
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... treatise . Not fo my more fuc- cefsful brethren the moderns , who will by no means let flip a preface or dedication , without fome notable diftin- guifhing ftroke to furprise the reader at the entry , and kindle a wonderful expectation ...
... treatise . Not fo my more fuc- cefsful brethren the moderns , who will by no means let flip a preface or dedication , without fome notable diftin- guifhing ftroke to furprise the reader at the entry , and kindle a wonderful expectation ...
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