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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... light , when the differtation he expofes will neither be fought nor found : but these are no enterprizes for common 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 ...
... light , when the differtation he expofes will neither be fought nor found : but these are no enterprizes for common 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 ...
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... light a pretence to allow a man to affign a name in public . He con- demns a book , and confequently the au- thor , of whom he is utterly ignorant , yet at the fame time fixes , in print , what he thinks a disadvantageous character upon ...
... light a pretence to allow a man to affign a name in public . He con- demns a book , and confequently the au- thor , of whom he is utterly ignorant , yet at the fame time fixes , in print , what he thinks a disadvantageous character upon ...
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... light upon each other , ascertained controverted facts , and rectified mistakes , which , if they had still been traditional and oral , would still have been believed . Several little incidents , which fhewed the peculiarities of his ...
... light upon each other , ascertained controverted facts , and rectified mistakes , which , if they had still been traditional and oral , would still have been believed . Several little incidents , which fhewed the peculiarities of his ...
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... light becomes fenfible only by reflection . Thus Swift , while he was courted and careffed by thofe whom others were ma- king intereft to approach , feems to have enjoyed his diftinction only in proportion as it was participated with ...
... light becomes fenfible only by reflection . Thus Swift , while he was courted and careffed by thofe whom others were ma- king intereft to approach , feems to have enjoyed his diftinction only in proportion as it was participated with ...
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... light that made them con- fpicuous to others . Let it therefore be recorded to the honour of Dr. Swift , and to animate others by his example and reward , that during his connexion with those who were in the highest rank , and who in ...
... light that made them con- fpicuous to others . Let it therefore be recorded to the honour of Dr. Swift , and to animate others by his example and reward , that during his connexion with those who were in the highest rank , and who in ...
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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