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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... critic . The matter is a trifle ; but , would he venture to pronounce at this rate upon one of greater moment ? I know nothing more contemptible in a writer , than the charac- ter of a plagiary ; which he here fixes at a venture ; and ...
... critic . The matter is a trifle ; but , would he venture to pronounce at this rate upon one of greater moment ? I know nothing more contemptible in a writer , than the charac- ter of a plagiary ; which he here fixes at a venture ; and ...
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... critics . There is a perfon ftyled Dr. Bentley , who has written near a thou- fand pages of immenfe erudition , giving a full and true account of a certain squab- ble of wonderful importance between him- felf and a bookfeller * : he is ...
... critics . There is a perfon ftyled Dr. Bentley , who has written near a thou- fand pages of immenfe erudition , giving a full and true account of a certain squab- ble of wonderful importance between him- felf and a bookfeller * : he is ...
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... critics : the school of falivation : the fchool of hobby - horses : the fchool of poetry : * the school of tops : the school of spleen : the school of gaming : with many others , too tedious to recount . No perfon to be admitted member ...
... critics : the school of falivation : the fchool of hobby - horses : the fchool of poetry : * the school of tops : the school of spleen : the school of gaming : with many others , too tedious to recount . No perfon to be admitted member ...
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... critics , as I think they are called , which ftand ready opened to devour them . Then , the boxes are built round , and raised to a level with the scene , in de- ference to the ladies ; because , that large portion of wit , laid out in ...
... critics , as I think they are called , which ftand ready opened to devour them . Then , the boxes are built round , and raised to a level with the scene , in de- ference to the ladies ; because , that large portion of wit , laid out in ...
Page 86
... justify what they did . In imitation of this , Pe ter , having run fomething be- hind - hand in the world , obtain ed leave of a certain lord , & c . W. Wotton . SECT A SECT . III . A digreffion concerning critics . 86 A TALE OF A TU B.
... justify what they did . In imitation of this , Pe ter , having run fomething be- hind - hand in the world , obtain ed leave of a certain lord , & c . W. Wotton . SECT A SECT . III . A digreffion concerning critics . 86 A TALE OF A TU B.
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