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
... fince the book 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 ...
... fince the book 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 ...
Page v
... fince that is perhaps the most probable way to cure them , or at least to hinder them from far- ther spreading ? Besides , though it was not intended A 3 . intended for their perufal , it rallies nothing but AN APOLOGY .
... fince that is perhaps the most probable way to cure them , or at least to hinder them from far- ther spreading ? Besides , though it was not intended A 3 . intended for their perufal , it rallies nothing but AN APOLOGY .
Page vii
... fince the weightiest men in the weightieft stations are pleased to think it a more dan- gerous point to laugh at thofe corruptions in religion , which they themselves muft disapprove , than to endeavour pulling up thofe very foundations ...
... fince the weightiest men in the weightieft stations are pleased to think it a more dan- gerous point to laugh at thofe corruptions in religion , which they themselves muft disapprove , than to endeavour pulling up thofe very foundations ...
Page x
... fince the reformation . To inftance only in that paffage about the three wooden machines mentioned in the introduction : in the original manu- fcript there was a description of a fourth , which those , who had the papers in their power ...
... fince the reformation . To inftance only in that paffage about the three wooden machines mentioned in the introduction : in the original manu- fcript there was a description of a fourth , which those , who had the papers in their power ...
Page xiii
... fince avowed by a perfon , * who upon fome occafions hath discovered no ill vein of humour . It is a pity any occasion should put him un- der a neceffity of being fo hafty in his pro- ductions , which otherwise might often be ...
... fince avowed by a perfon , * who upon fome occafions hath discovered no ill vein of humour . It is a pity any occasion should put him un- der a neceffity of being fo hafty in his pro- ductions , which otherwise might often be ...
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