The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift: 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, 1766 |
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Page iv
... 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 choice than accident * . However , as the reader choice iv THE PREFACE .
... 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 choice than accident * . However , as the reader choice iv THE PREFACE .
Page viii
... appear upon a comparison of that edition with this , as well by thofe paffages , which were altered under colour of correction , as by thofe in which accidental imperfections were fuffered to remain . Of thefe paffages the fol- lowing ...
... appear upon a comparison of that edition with this , as well by thofe paffages , which were altered under colour of correction , as by thofe in which accidental imperfections were fuffered to remain . Of thefe paffages the fol- lowing ...
Page x
... appears by many paffages , that the ftature of the Brobdingnagians was , to that of Gul- liver , nearly as ten 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 ten to one , and his proportion is kept in other things . Our battering - pieces being about twelve feet long , Gulliver , who ...
Page xiv
... appears alfo by a letter of Mr. Pope , dated 15th Sept. 1734 , that the Dean bad ftrongly 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 alfo by a letter of Mr. Pope , dated 15th Sept. 1734 , that the Dean bad ftrongly 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 4r- lington and the reft of the miniftry ...
... 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 4r- lington and the reft of the miniftry ...
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