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 xii
... 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 undertaking , if they did but confider , that to answer a book effectually ...
... 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 undertaking , if they did but confider , that to answer a book effectually ...
Page xix
... these words ; I have been affured , that the battle in St. James's library is , mutatis mutandis , taken out of a french book , enti → tuled , Combat des livres , if I mifremember not . In which paffage there are two clauses obfervable ...
... these words ; I have been affured , that the battle in St. James's library is , mutatis mutandis , taken out of a french book , enti → tuled , Combat des livres , if I mifremember not . In which paffage there are two clauses obfervable ...
Page xx
... anfwerer ; who , when he would have it observed , that the author's wit is none of his own , is able to produce but three in- ftances , two of them mere trifles , and all three three manifeftly false . If this be the way these AN APOLOGY .
... anfwerer ; who , when he would have it observed , that the author's wit is none of his own , is able to produce but three in- ftances , two of them mere trifles , and all three three manifeftly false . If this be the way these AN APOLOGY .
Page xxi
... these gentlemen deal with the world in thofe criticisms , where we have not leisure to defeat them , their readers had need be cautious , how they rely upon their credit ; and whether this proceeding can be recon- ciled to humanity or ...
... these gentlemen deal with the world in thofe criticisms , where we have not leisure to defeat them , their readers had need be cautious , how they rely upon their credit ; and whether this proceeding can be recon- ciled to humanity or ...
Page xxvi
... these two enter far into the compofition of any work , they will render it always acceptable to the world . Now , the great part of those who have no fhare or tafte of either , but by their pride , pedantry , and ill manners lay ...
... these two enter far into the compofition of any work , they will render it always acceptable to the world . Now , the great part of those who have no fhare or tafte of either , but by their pride , pedantry , and ill manners lay ...
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