The Works ...: With the Author's Life and Character, Notes [etc.] In Eight Volumes, Volume 1A. Donaldson, 1761 |
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... His remarks on fotal of thofe of Lord Orrery have also been attended to . A paragraph here omitted , will be found among the notes in vol . 6. p . 34 . " mankind , 41 mankind , from whom THEY have received no ob- X HAWKESWORTH's PREFACE .
... His remarks on fotal of thofe of Lord Orrery have also been attended to . A paragraph here omitted , will be found among the notes in vol . 6. p . 34 . " mankind , 41 mankind , from whom THEY have received no ob- X HAWKESWORTH's PREFACE .
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... also the last para- graph . In other places the London edition has been copied with great exactness . Gulliver is made to fay of his box , that it was toffed up and down like a fign - POST in a windy day ; though the manner in which a ...
... also the last para- graph . In other places the London edition has been copied with great exactness . Gulliver is made to fay of his box , that it was toffed up and down like a fign - POST in a windy day ; though the manner in which a ...
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... also the guilt to do mischief ; for whatever guilt he can contract before the perpetration of the mischief , is included in the will . Thefe paffages are to be found in the 46th and 48th Examiners [ in vol . 2. ] and in the Answer to a ...
... also the guilt to do mischief ; for whatever guilt he can contract before the perpetration of the mischief , is included in the will . Thefe paffages are to be found in the 46th and 48th Examiners [ in vol . 2. ] and in the Answer to a ...
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... also to be found in the Verfes on the death of Dr. Swift , as in Hawkesworth's edition ; which 61 lines added to the 484 Jines , of which the Dublin copy of these verfes confifts , make just $ 45 lines , as in the prefent edition ...
... also to be found in the Verfes on the death of Dr. Swift , as in Hawkesworth's edition ; which 61 lines added to the 484 Jines , of which the Dublin copy of these verfes confifts , make just $ 45 lines , as in the prefent edition ...
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... also now in the poffeffion of Godwin Swift above men- tioned . SECT . VII . His eldeft fon Thomas ** feems to have been a clergyman before his father's death . He was * Rather a gentleman of Kent , or fome of the neighbouring Counties ...
... also now in the poffeffion of Godwin Swift above men- tioned . SECT . VII . His eldeft fon Thomas ** feems to have been a clergyman before his father's death . He was * Rather a gentleman of Kent , or fome of the neighbouring Counties ...
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