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 vii
... foon lay them afide and be ashamed : but he has now given over those thoughts ; 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 ...
... foon lay them afide and be ashamed : but he has now given over those thoughts ; 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 ...
Page 3
... foon followed by a feventh volume of letters , and an eighth of pofthumous pieces . In this collection , although printed in Ireland , the tracts relating to that country , and in particular the Drapier's Letters , are thrown together ...
... foon followed by a feventh volume of letters , and an eighth of pofthumous pieces . In this collection , although printed in Ireland , the tracts relating to that country , and in particular the Drapier's Letters , are thrown together ...
Page 7
... foon as it defied fhame , was immediately changed into virtue ; but the most obvious and natural meaning is just contrary . That we defire to conceal no act which upon re- flection we do not difcover to be vicious , be- caufe virtue is ...
... foon as it defied fhame , was immediately changed into virtue ; but the most obvious and natural meaning is just contrary . That we defire to conceal no act which upon re- flection we do not difcover to be vicious , be- caufe virtue is ...
Page 2
... foon diffipated his wife's patrimony ; and that of her fifter being transferred to the family of lord Eglington , the principal estate of the Swifts was divided from the name for ever . One of the younger branches from the fame ftem ...
... foon diffipated his wife's patrimony ; and that of her fifter being transferred to the family of lord Eglington , the principal estate of the Swifts was divided from the name for ever . One of the younger branches from the fame ftem ...
Page 3
... foon found to be an useful garment by its weight ; and it is remarked by lord Clarendon , that the king received no fupply more seasonable or acceptable than these three hundred broad pieces during the whole war , his distress being ...
... foon found to be an useful garment by its weight ; and it is remarked by lord Clarendon , that the king received no fupply more seasonable or acceptable than these three hundred broad pieces during the whole war , his distress being ...
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