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 xvi
... fhould receive a reprimand , which partly occa- fioned that discourse of the Battle of the Books , and the author was farther at the pains to infert one or two remarks on him in the body of the book . This answerer has been pleafed to ...
... fhould receive a reprimand , which partly occa- fioned that discourse of the Battle of the Books , and the author was farther at the pains to infert one or two remarks on him in the body of the book . This answerer has been pleafed to ...
Page xviii
... , I think , that pamphlet was not printed in many years after . It was neceffary , that corruption fhould have fome allegory as well as the reft ; and the the author invented the propereft he could , without enquiring xviii AN APOLOGY .
... , I think , that pamphlet was not printed in many years after . It was neceffary , that corruption fhould have fome allegory as well as the reft ; and the the author invented the propereft he could , without enquiring xviii AN APOLOGY .
Page xxvi
... fhould apply it to Sir Ifaac Newton's mathematics : but , if this bantering , as they call it , be fo defpifeable a thing , whence comes it to pass they have fuch a perpetual itch to- wards wards it themselves ? to inftance only in the ...
... fhould apply it to Sir Ifaac Newton's mathematics : but , if this bantering , as they call it , be fo defpifeable a thing , whence comes it to pass they have fuch a perpetual itch to- wards wards it themselves ? to inftance only in the ...
Page xxvii
... fhould be read : after which , the author conceives , few things will remain , which may not be excused in a young writer . He wrote only to the men of wit and tafte ; and he thinks he is not mistaken in his accounts , when he fays they ...
... fhould be read : after which , the author conceives , few things will remain , which may not be excused in a young writer . He wrote only to the men of wit and tafte ; and he thinks he is not mistaken in his accounts , when he fays they ...
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... fhould be kept feparate ; that the pofthumus and doubtful pieces fhould not be mingled with thofe which the Dean is known to have риба A 2 published himself ; and that those tracts which are parts THE PREFACE . 3.
... fhould be kept feparate ; that the pofthumus and doubtful pieces fhould not be mingled with thofe which the Dean is known to have риба A 2 published himself ; and that those tracts which are parts THE PREFACE . 3.
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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