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 x
... 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 every reader ...
... 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 every reader ...
Page xii
... once or twice in an age . Men would be more cautious of lof- ing their time in fuch an undertaking , if they did but confider , that to answer a book effectually , requires more pains and skill , more wit , learning , and judgment ...
... once or twice in an age . Men would be more cautious of lof- ing their time in fuch an undertaking , if they did but confider , that to answer a book effectually , requires more pains and skill , more wit , learning , and judgment ...
Page xvi
... 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 excuse ...
... 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 excuse ...
Page xviii
... once heard of that letter , except in this paffage of the answerer : fo that the names were not borrowed , as he affirms , though they should happen to be the fame ; which however is odd enough , and what he hardly believes ; that of ...
... once heard of that letter , except in this paffage of the answerer : fo that the names were not borrowed , as he affirms , though they should happen to be the fame ; which however is odd enough , and what he hardly believes ; that of ...
Page xxiv
... once lent gentleman , who had defigned a discourse on somewhat the same subject ; he never thought of it afterwards ; and it was a fufficient furprize to fee it pieced up to- gether , wholly out of the method and scheme he had intended ...
... once lent gentleman , who had defigned a discourse on somewhat the same subject ; he never thought of it afterwards ; and it was a fufficient furprize to fee it pieced up to- gether , wholly out of the method and scheme he had intended ...
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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