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 viii
... 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 fimilitude of ftyle , or way of thinking . Had the author written a book to ex- pose the abuses ...
... 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 fimilitude of ftyle , or way of thinking . Had the author written a book to ex- pose the abuses ...
Page x
... never had it once in his thoughts , that any thing he faid would in the leaft be capable of fuch interpreta- tions , which he will engage to deduce full as fairly from the most innocent book in the world . And it will be obvious to ...
... never had it once in his thoughts , that any thing he faid would in the leaft be capable of fuch interpreta- tions , which he will engage to deduce full as fairly from the most innocent book in the world . And it will be obvious to ...
Page xi
... never thought on . And indeed the conceit was half fpoiled by changing the numbers ; that of four being much more cabalistic , and therefore better expofing the pretended virtue of numbers , a fuper- ftition there intended to be ...
... never thought on . And indeed the conceit was half fpoiled by changing the numbers ; that of four being much more cabalistic , and therefore better expofing the pretended virtue of numbers , a fuper- ftition there intended to be ...
Page xvi
... never once entered into the writer's head , nor will ( he is fure ) into that of any reader of taste and candor ; he allows two or three at most , there pro- duced , to have been delivered unwarily ; for which he defires to plead the ...
... never once entered into the writer's head , nor will ( he is fure ) into that of any reader of taste and candor ; he allows two or three at most , there pro- duced , to have been delivered unwarily ; for which he defires to plead the ...
Page xvii
... never have been one . He conceived , it was never difputed to be an original , whatever faults it might have . However , this anfwerer produces three inftances to prove this author's wit is not his own in many places . The firft is ...
... never have been one . He conceived , it was never difputed to be an original , whatever faults it might have . However , this anfwerer produces three inftances to prove this author's wit is not his own in many places . The firft is ...
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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