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
... friends . Had the author's intentions met with a more candid interpretation from some , whom out of refpect he forbears to name , he might have been encouraged to an examination of books written by fome of those authors above defcribed ...
... friends . Had the author's intentions met with a more candid interpretation from some , whom out of refpect he forbears to name , he might have been encouraged to an examination of books written by fome of those authors above defcribed ...
Page viii
... friends : yet several have gone a farther ftep , and pronounced another book * to have been the work of the fame hand with this : which the author directly affirms to be a thorough mistake ; he having yet never fo much as read that ...
... friends : yet several have gone a farther ftep , and pronounced another book * to have been the work of the fame hand with this : which the author directly affirms to be a thorough mistake ; he having yet never fo much as read that ...
Page xx
... friend produce any book they please , he defies them to fhew one fingle particular , where the judicious rea- der will affirm he has been obliged for the smallest hint ; giving only allowance for the accidental encountering of a single ...
... friend produce any book they please , he defies them to fhew one fingle particular , where the judicious rea- der will affirm he has been obliged for the smallest hint ; giving only allowance for the accidental encountering of a single ...
Page xxix
... friend of the author , and ufing no other liberties , befides that of expunging certain paffages , where now the chafms appear under the name of defi- derata . But , if any perfon will prove his claim to three lines in the whole book ...
... friend of the author , and ufing no other liberties , befides that of expunging certain paffages , where now the chafms appear under the name of defi- derata . But , if any perfon will prove his claim to three lines in the whole book ...
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... fhall ftand link → ed friends to pofterity both in verfe and profe . Pope to Swift Mar. 23 , 1723 . fixth , containing the Examiners , polite Converfation , and fixth , THE PREFACE . Many other pieces both in profe and ...
... fhall ftand link → ed friends to pofterity both in verfe and profe . Pope to Swift Mar. 23 , 1723 . fixth , containing the Examiners , polite Converfation , and fixth , THE PREFACE . Many other pieces both in profe and ...
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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