The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...: Accurately Revised ... Adorned with Copper-plates; with Some Account of the Author's Life, and Notes Historical and Explanatory, Volume 1C. Pathurst, 1754 |
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Page iv
... body of the discourse : those in learning he chose to introduce by way of digreffions . He was then a young gentleman much in the world , and wrote to the taste of those who were like him- felf ; therefore , in order to allure them , he ...
... body of the discourse : those in learning he chose to introduce by way of digreffions . He was then a young gentleman much in the world , and wrote to the taste of those who were like him- felf ; therefore , in order to allure them , he ...
Page vii
... body are not always very nice in diftinguishing between their enemies and their friends . Had the author's intentions met with a more candid interpretation from some , whom out of refpect he forbears to name , he might have been ...
... body are not always very nice in diftinguishing between their enemies and their friends . Had the author's intentions met with a more candid interpretation from some , whom out of refpect he forbears to name , he might have been ...
Page xvi
... body of the book . This answerer has been pleafed to find fault with about a dozen paffages , which the author will not be at the trouble of defending , farther than by affuring the reader , that , for the greater part the reflec- ter ...
... body of the book . This answerer has been pleafed to find fault with about a dozen paffages , which the author will not be at the trouble of defending , farther than by affuring the reader , that , for the greater part the reflec- ter ...
Page xx
... body else . So that if ever any defign was unfor- tunately executed , it must be that of this anfwerer ; who , when he would have it observed , that the author's wit is none of his own , is able to produce but three in- ftances , two of ...
... body else . So that if ever any defign was unfor- tunately executed , it must be that of this anfwerer ; who , when he would have it observed , that the author's wit is none of his own , is able to produce but three in- ftances , two of ...
Page xxii
... body , I know not who , in the country ; to which can only be returned , that he is abfolutely mistaken in all his conjectures ; and furely conjectures are , at best , too light a pretence to allow a man to affign a name in public . He ...
... body , I know not who , in the country ; to which can only be returned , that he is abfolutely mistaken in all his conjectures ; and furely conjectures are , at best , too light a pretence to allow a man to affign a name in public . He ...
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againſt alfo alſo anſwer antient appears becauſe befides beſt buſineſs called cauſe church cloſe confequence converfation courſe dean Deane Swift defign defire diftinguiſhed diſcourſe diſcovered elſe eſpecially faid fame farther fays feems fenfes ferve feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince fir William firft firſt fome fometimes fons foon fpirit friends ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofe fure furniſh greateſt Gulliver's Travels hath higheſt himſelf honour horſe houſe Ireland Irenæus itſelf Jonathan Swift juſt laft laſt leaft learning leaſt lefs letter lord mafter miſtake modern moft Momus moſt muſt myſelf nature never obferved occafion Orrery paffages paffed perfon Peter pleaſe preferved preſent publiſhed purpoſe raiſed reader reaſon refolved reft refuſed ſays ſeems ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſome ſtate Swift thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thouſand tion treatiſe ufual underſtand underſtood univerfal uſed utmoſt whofe whoſe Wotton writers