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 vi
... hands , in my humble opinion , they might have found more proper objects to employ them on : nondum tibi defuit hoftis ; I mean those heavy , illiterate fcriblers , prostitute in their reputations , vicious in their lives , and ruined ...
... hands , in my humble opinion , they might have found more proper objects to employ them on : nondum tibi defuit hoftis ; I mean those heavy , illiterate fcriblers , prostitute in their reputations , vicious in their lives , and ruined ...
Page viii
... hand with this : which the author directly affirms to be a thorough mistake ; he having yet never fo much as read that discourse : a plain inftance how little truth there often is in general furmifes , or in conjectures drawn from a ...
... hand with this : which the author directly affirms to be a thorough mistake ; he having yet never fo much as read that discourse : a plain inftance how little truth there often is in general furmifes , or in conjectures drawn from a ...
Page xii
... hands , nor to be hoped for above once or twice in an age . Men would be more cautious of lof- ing their time in fuch an undertaking , if they did but confider , that to answer a book effectually , requires more pains and skill , more ...
... hands , nor to be hoped for above once or twice in an age . Men would be more cautious of lof- ing their time in fuch an undertaking , if they did but confider , that to answer a book effectually , requires more pains and skill , more ...
Page xiii
... hand , but 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 ...
... hand , but 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 ...
Page xiv
... hands , that the author had This we cannot recover at prefent , it being fo abfolute- ly forgotten , the oldeft book- fellers in trade remember no- thing of it . + Wotton's defence of his reflections upon ancient and modern learning ...
... hands , that the author had This we cannot recover at prefent , it being fo abfolute- ly forgotten , the oldeft book- fellers in trade remember no- thing of it . + Wotton's defence of his reflections upon ancient and modern learning ...
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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