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
... hath met with , that thofe , who approve it , are a great majority among the men of tafte : yet there have been two or three treatises written exprefly against it , befides many others that have Airted at it occafionally , without one ...
... hath met with , that thofe , who approve it , are a great majority among the men of tafte : yet there have been two or three treatises written exprefly against it , befides many others that have Airted at it occafionally , without one ...
Page viii
... hath all along concealed himself from moft of his nearest 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 ...
... hath all along concealed himself from moft of his nearest 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 ...
Page xiii
... hath feen the productions but of two an- fwerers , one of which at first appeared as from an unknown hand , but fince avowed by a perfon , * who upon fome occafions hath discovered no ill vein of humour . It is a pity any occasion ...
... hath feen the productions but of two an- fwerers , one of which at first appeared as from an unknown hand , but fince avowed by a perfon , * who upon fome occafions hath discovered no ill vein of humour . It is a pity any occasion ...
Page xiv
... hath generally fucceeded well enough . And the project at that time was not amifs to draw in readers to his pamphlet , feveral having appeared defirous , that there might be fome ex- plication of the more difficult paffages . Neither ...
... hath generally fucceeded well enough . And the project at that time was not amifs to draw in readers to his pamphlet , feveral having appeared defirous , that there might be fome ex- plication of the more difficult paffages . Neither ...
Page xxi
... hath been of fome service to the public , and hath given very fair conjectures towards clearing up fome dif- ficult paffages ; but , it is the frequent error of those men ( otherwife very commen → dable for their labours ) to make ...
... hath been of fome service to the public , and hath given very fair conjectures towards clearing up fome dif- ficult paffages ; but , it is the frequent error of those men ( otherwife very commen → dable for their labours ) to make ...
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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