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 iv
... 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 . Thus prepared , he thought the numerous and grofs corrupti- ons in ...
... 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 . Thus prepared , he thought the numerous and grofs corrupti- ons in ...
Page viii
... 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 thorough mistake ; he having ...
... 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 thorough mistake ; he having ...
Page xiv
... himself : as captives were bound to the chariot - wheel of the victor , and compelled to increase the pomp of his triumph , whom they had in vain attempted to de- feat . given him fufficient provocation . The great objection is against ...
... himself : as captives were bound to the chariot - wheel of the victor , and compelled to increase the pomp of his triumph , whom they had in vain attempted to de- feat . given him fufficient provocation . The great objection is against ...
Page xxvii
... the world , with all its wife conjectures , is yet very much in the dark ; which circumftance is no dif- agreeable amusement either to the public or himself . The The author is informed , that the book- feller has AN APOLOGY . xxvii.
... the world , with all its wife conjectures , is yet very much in the dark ; which circumftance is no dif- agreeable amusement either to the public or himself . The The author is informed , that the book- feller has AN APOLOGY . xxvii.
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... profe fhould be kept feparate ; that the pofthumus and doubtful pieces fhould not be mingled with thofe which the Dean is known to have риба A 2 published himself ; and that those tracts which are parts THE PREFACE . 3.
... profe fhould be kept feparate ; that the pofthumus and doubtful pieces fhould not be mingled with thofe which the Dean is known to have риба A 2 published himself ; and that those tracts which are parts THE PREFACE . 3.
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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