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 12
... equal skill and diligence might have been felected from an equal number of pages in any part of the eight volumes ; but he who is not convinced by thefe , that the Dean could not thus alter to pervert his meaning , and overlook blunders ...
... equal skill and diligence might have been felected from an equal number of pages in any part of the eight volumes ; but he who is not convinced by thefe , that the Dean could not thus alter to pervert his meaning , and overlook blunders ...
Page 25
... equal , and repulfed every attempt to hold him in dependance , or keep him at a distance , with the utmost resentment and indignation . D. S. It happened upon fome occafion , that Harley fent him a bank bill of fifty pounds by his ...
... equal , and repulfed every attempt to hold him in dependance , or keep him at a distance , with the utmost resentment and indignation . D. S. It happened upon fome occafion , that Harley fent him a bank bill of fifty pounds by his ...
Page 26
... equals by learning and parts . It happened , that having one day dined with Mr. St. John , who was then fecretary of state , and remarked that he appeared to be much out of temper , he took the firft opportunity to fee him alone , and ...
... equals by learning and parts . It happened , that having one day dined with Mr. St. John , who was then fecretary of state , and remarked that he appeared to be much out of temper , he took the firft opportunity to fee him alone , and ...
Page 29
... equal to his revenue , that his whole fortune , the value of his eftate in- cluded , amounted only to 16,000l . lowing . fum he directed , by his will , to be divided Orrery 71 , equally between his wife and four children , and fol- of ...
... equal to his revenue , that his whole fortune , the value of his eftate in- cluded , amounted only to 16,000l . lowing . fum he directed , by his will , to be divided Orrery 71 , equally between his wife and four children , and fol- of ...
Page 67
... equal happiness : to feed idleness is to propagate mifery , and difcourage virtue ; but to infure the reward of industry is to bestow a be- nefit at once upon the individual and the publick ; it is to preferve from despair those who ...
... equal happiness : to feed idleness is to propagate mifery , and difcourage virtue ; but to infure the reward of industry is to bestow a be- nefit at once upon the individual and the publick ; it is to preferve from despair those who ...
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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