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 v
... because they were fuppofed 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 fat which they afferted ; however , this has ...
... because they were fuppofed 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 fat which they afferted ; however , this has ...
Page vii
... because virtue is pleafed in proportion as it is displayed ; and indeed thefe verfes could not be fuppofed an apology for lewd- nefs , if his lordship believed his own affertion , that the Dean was , " Not to be fwayed by de- " liberate ...
... because virtue is pleafed in proportion as it is displayed ; and indeed thefe verfes could not be fuppofed an apology for lewd- nefs , if his lordship believed his own affertion , that the Dean was , " Not to be fwayed by de- " liberate ...
Page xi
... because he might thus have preserved bimfelf 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 preserved bimfelf 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 xiii
... because the last paper written by the Dean was N ° . 44. which is yet a stronger proof that he did not revife the Irish edition , where the fubfequent numbers are imputed to him , and have received correction from the band that ...
... because the last paper written by the Dean was N ° . 44. which is yet a stronger proof that he did not revife the Irish edition , where the fubfequent numbers are imputed to him , and have received correction from the band that ...
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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