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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... him- felf ; therefore , in order to allure them , he gave a liberty to his pen , which might not fuit with maturer years , or graver characters , characters , and which he could have easily corrected with iv AN APOLOGY .
... him- felf ; therefore , in order to allure them , he gave a liberty to his pen , which might not fuit with maturer years , or graver characters , characters , and which he could have easily corrected with iv AN APOLOGY .
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... characters , and which he could have easily corrected with a very few blots , had he been master of his papers for a year or two before their publication . Not that he would have governed his judgment by the ill - placed cavils of the ...
... characters , and which he could have easily corrected with a very few blots , had he been master of his papers for a year or two before their publication . Not that he would have governed his judgment by the ill - placed cavils of the ...
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... character , and is made up of half invective , and half annotation ; † in the latter of which he hath generally fucceeded well enough . And the project at that time was not amifs to draw in readers to his pamphlet , feveral having ...
... character , and is made up of half invective , and half annotation ; † in the latter of which he hath generally fucceeded well enough . And the project at that time was not amifs to draw in readers to his pamphlet , feveral having ...
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... what he thinks a disadvantageous character upon those who never deferved it . A man , who receives a buffet in the dark , may be al- lowed to be vexed ; but it is an odd kind of of revenge to go to cuffs in broad day with xxii AN APOLOGY .
... what he thinks a disadvantageous character upon those who never deferved it . A man , who receives a buffet in the dark , may be al- lowed to be vexed ; but it is an odd kind of of revenge to go to cuffs in broad day with xxii AN APOLOGY .
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... Character of the prefent fet of wits in this ifland . A panegyrical effay upon the number THREE . upon A differtation ductions of Grub - street . the principal pro- Lectures upon a diffection of human nature . A panegyric upon the world ...
... Character of the prefent fet of wits in this ifland . A panegyrical effay upon the number THREE . upon A differtation ductions of Grub - street . the principal pro- Lectures upon a diffection of human nature . A panegyric upon the world ...
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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