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 xvii
... firft is , that the names of Peter , Martin , and Jack are borrowed from a letter of the late Duke of Buckingham . Whatever wit Villers . VOL . I. a is E is contained in thofe three names , the author AN APOLOGY . xvii.
... firft is , that the names of Peter , Martin , and Jack are borrowed from a letter of the late Duke of Buckingham . Whatever wit Villers . VOL . I. a is E is contained in thofe three names , the author AN APOLOGY . xvii.
Page xix
... firft to know whether , if that conjecture proves an ut- ter falfhood , thofe two claufes will be a fufficient excufe for this worthy critic . The matter is a trifle ; but , would he venture to pronounce at this rate upon one of greater ...
... firft to know whether , if that conjecture proves an ut- ter falfhood , thofe two claufes will be a fufficient excufe for this worthy critic . The matter is a trifle ; but , would he venture to pronounce at this rate upon one of greater ...
Page xxvi
... firft borrowed from the bul- lies in White - Friers , then fell among the footmen , and at laft retired to the pedants , by whom it is applied as properly to the productions of wit , as if I fhould apply it to Sir Ifaac Newton's ...
... firft borrowed from the bul- lies in White - Friers , then fell among the footmen , and at laft retired to the pedants , by whom it is applied as properly to the productions of wit , as if I fhould apply it to Sir Ifaac Newton's ...
Page 3
... firft volume ; the fecond is Gulliver's Travels ; the Mifcellanies will be found in the third , fourth , fifth , and fixth ; and the contents of the other volumes are divided into two claffes , as relating to England or Ireland ; as to ...
... firft volume ; the fecond is Gulliver's Travels ; the Mifcellanies will be found in the third , fourth , fifth , and fixth ; and the contents of the other volumes are divided into two claffes , as relating to England or Ireland ; as to ...
Page 9
... firft chapter of Part II . In the following fentence , bring is fub- fituted for carry : " A gentleman - ufher came from court commanding my master to BRING me thi- ther ; but as thither fignifies to that place , to bring thither is ...
... firft chapter of Part II . In the following fentence , bring is fub- fituted for carry : " A gentleman - ufher came from court commanding my master to BRING me thi- ther ; but as thither fignifies to that place , to bring thither is ...
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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