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 iii
... feems calcu- lated to live at least as long as our lan- guage , and our taste admit no great alte- rations , I am content to convey fome apo- logy along with it . The greatest part of that book was finished about thirteen years fince ...
... feems calcu- lated to live at least as long as our lan- guage , and our taste admit no great alte- rations , I am content to convey fome apo- logy along with it . The greatest part of that book was finished about thirteen years fince ...
Page 8
... feems fir William at Sheen before he to imply that Swift lived with went to Moorpark , is adopted up- on the credit of Mr. Deane Swift , familiar with king William , and who fays that Swift was there the king does not appear to have ...
... feems fir William at Sheen before he to imply that Swift lived with went to Moorpark , is adopted up- on the credit of Mr. Deane Swift , familiar with king William , and who fays that Swift was there the king does not appear to have ...
Page 10
... Swift's uncle they were omitted in the copy which he procured and fent , especially as fome fuch favour , feems to be intimated in Swift's letter to him , after Orrery , P. 11. D. S. P. 56 . after 10 AN ACCOUNT OF THE.
... Swift's uncle they were omitted in the copy which he procured and fent , especially as fome fuch favour , feems to be intimated in Swift's letter to him , after Orrery , P. 11. D. S. P. 56 . after 10 AN ACCOUNT OF THE.
Page 20
... feems to have enjoyed his diftinction only in proportion as it was participated with Stella ; for amidst all the business , and all the ho- nours that crowded upon him , he wrote every day an account of whatever occurred , and fent her ...
... feems to have enjoyed his diftinction only in proportion as it was participated with Stella ; for amidst all the business , and all the ho- nours that crowded upon him , he wrote every day an account of whatever occurred , and fent her ...
Page 30
... feems to have been at once to compliment and to rally her , to apologize for his conduct , and foften a tacit de- nial , by leaving the event undetermined . This poem appears to have been written about the year 1713 , a fhort time ...
... feems to have been at once to compliment and to rally her , to apologize for his conduct , and foften a tacit de- nial , by leaving the event undetermined . This poem appears to have been written about the year 1713 , a fhort time ...
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