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
... I am content to convey fome apo- logy along with it . The greatest part of that book was finished about thirteen years fince , 1696 , which is eight years before it was publish- ed . A 2 ed . The author was then young , his in-
... I am content to convey fome apo- logy along with it . The greatest part of that book was finished about thirteen years fince , 1696 , which is eight years before it was publish- ed . A 2 ed . The author was then young , his in-
Page iv
... fome thinking , and much converfation , he had endeavoured to ftrip himself of as many real prejudices as he could ; I fay real ones , because , under the notion of prejudices , he knew to what dangerous heights fome men have proceeded ...
... fome thinking , and much converfation , he had endeavoured to ftrip himself of as many real prejudices as he could ; I fay real ones , because , under the notion of prejudices , he knew to what dangerous heights fome men have proceeded ...
Page vii
... fome of those authors above defcribed , whofe errors , ignorance , dulnefs , and villany he thinks he could have detected and expofed in fuch a manner , that the perfons , who are most conceived to be infected by them , would foon lay ...
... fome of those authors above defcribed , whofe errors , ignorance , dulnefs , and villany he thinks he could have detected and expofed in fuch a manner , that the perfons , who are most conceived to be infected by them , would foon lay ...
Page ix
... fome of those paffages in this discourse , which appear moft liable to objection , are what they call parodies , where the author perfonates the style and manner of other writers , whom he has a mind to expose . I fhall produce one ...
... fome of those paffages in this discourse , which appear moft liable to objection , are what they call parodies , where the author perfonates the style and manner of other writers , whom he has a mind to expose . I fhall produce one ...
Page x
... fome tenets in religion . In answer to all which , the au- thor folemnly protefts , he is intirely in- nocent ; and never had it once in his thoughts , that any thing he faid would in the leaft be capable of fuch interpreta- tions ...
... fome tenets in religion . In answer to all which , the au- thor folemnly protefts , he is intirely in- nocent ; and never had it once in his thoughts , that any thing he faid would in the leaft be capable of fuch interpreta- tions ...
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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