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
... matter for a fatyr , that would be useful and diverting . He refolved to proceed in a manner , that should be altogether new , the world having been already too long naufeated with endless repetitions upon every subject . The abuses in ...
... matter for a fatyr , that would be useful and diverting . He refolved to proceed in a manner , that should be altogether new , the world having been already too long naufeated with endless repetitions upon every subject . The abuses in ...
Page xix
... matter is a trifle ; but , would he venture to pronounce at this rate upon one of greater moment ? I know nothing more contemptible in a writer , than the charac- ter of a plagiary ; which he here fixes at a venture ; and this not for a ...
... matter is a trifle ; but , would he venture to pronounce at this rate upon one of greater moment ? I know nothing more contemptible in a writer , than the charac- ter of a plagiary ; which he here fixes at a venture ; and this not for a ...
Page 4
... matter : Such are the Drapier's Letters , and fome other papers published upon the fame occafion , which have not only in the Irifh edition , but in every other , been fo mixed as to mifreprefent fome facts and obfcure others : Such ...
... matter : Such are the Drapier's Letters , and fome other papers published upon the fame occafion , which have not only in the Irifh edition , but in every other , been fo mixed as to mifreprefent fome facts and obfcure others : Such ...
Page 9
... matter which he amplified to the earl , but the measure was at laft re- jected , and thus ended Swift's first embaffy to court , fo much to his diffatisfaction , that he then declared it was the first incident that helped to cure him of ...
... matter which he amplified to the earl , but the measure was at laft re- jected , and thus ended Swift's first embaffy to court , fo much to his diffatisfaction , that he then declared it was the first incident that helped to cure him of ...
Page 1
... your lordship know their faults , and their merits ; for , as to my own particular , I am altogether a ftranger to the matter ; and though every body elfe VOL . I. fhould B T upon fhould be equally ignorant , I do not fear T ...
... your lordship know their faults , and their merits ; for , as to my own particular , I am altogether a ftranger to the matter ; and though every body elfe VOL . I. fhould B T upon fhould be equally ignorant , I do not fear T ...
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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