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 viii
... common enemy to the rest of " mankind , from whom THEY HAVE received " na 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 " na 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 five , 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 five , 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 fhewn , beyond my expectation , and almost exceeding my wishes . 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 fhewn , beyond my expectation , and almost exceeding my wishes . 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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