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 vii
... defire to con- ceal no act which upon reflection we do not dif- cover to be vicious , 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 ...
... defire to con- ceal no act which upon reflection we do not dif- cover to be vicious , 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 ...
Page xv
... defire was that those works " Should have been printed in London , by an agreement between those who had a right to ❝ them . 66 " I am , Sir , with great truth , " Your moft humble and " affectionate fervant , November 1735 . " J ...
... defire was that those works " Should have been printed in London , by an agreement between those who had a right to ❝ them . 66 " I am , Sir , with great truth , " Your moft humble and " affectionate fervant , November 1735 . " J ...
Page 30
... defire of pleasure receives auxiliary strength from curiofity ; but after the first heat of the race , when we stop to recover from our fatigue , we naturally con → fider the ground before us , and then perceive , that at the end of ...
... defire of pleasure receives auxiliary strength from curiofity ; but after the first heat of the race , when we stop to recover from our fatigue , we naturally con → fider the ground before us , and then perceive , that at the end of ...
Page 37
... defire the world should believe there had been any , it follows , from her directing the publication of the poem , of which , perhaps , the poffeffed the only copy , that , in her fenfe of the veries , none of them implied a fact which ...
... defire the world should believe there had been any , it follows , from her directing the publication of the poem , of which , perhaps , the poffeffed the only copy , that , in her fenfe of the veries , none of them implied a fact which ...
Page 38
... defires she had recourfe to that .R.123 dreadful opiate , which never fails to compli cate difeafe with trouble , to leave the fufferer more wretched when its operation is at an end , to divide life into frenzy and despair , and at once ...
... defires she had recourfe to that .R.123 dreadful opiate , which never fails to compli cate difeafe with trouble , to leave the fufferer more wretched when its operation is at an end , to divide life into frenzy and despair , and at once ...
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