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
... those in learning he chose to introduce by way of digreffions . He was then a young gentleman much in the world , and wrote to the taste of those who were like him- felf ; therefore , in order to allure them , he gave a liberty to his ...
... those in learning he chose to introduce by way of digreffions . He was then a young gentleman much in the world , and wrote to the taste of those who were like him- felf ; therefore , in order to allure them , he gave a liberty to his ...
Page v
... those , who have neither candor to fuppofe good meanings , nor palate to distinguish true ones . After which , he will forfeit his life , if any one opi- nion can be fairly deduced from that book , which is contrary to religion or ...
... those , who have neither candor to fuppofe good meanings , nor palate to distinguish true ones . After which , he will forfeit his life , if any one opi- nion can be fairly deduced from that book , which is contrary to religion or ...
Page vi
... those heavy , illiterate fcriblers , prostitute in their reputations , vicious in their lives , and ruined in their fortunes , who , to the fhame of good fenfe as well as piety , are greedily read , merely upon the ftrength of bold ...
... those heavy , illiterate fcriblers , prostitute in their reputations , vicious in their lives , and ruined in their fortunes , who , to the fhame of good fenfe as well as piety , are greedily read , merely upon the ftrength of bold ...
Page vii
... those authors above defcribed , whofe errors , ignorance , dulnefs , and villany he thinks he could have detected and expofed in fuch a manner , that the perfons , who are most conceived to be infected by them , would foon lay them ...
... those authors above defcribed , whofe errors , ignorance , dulnefs , and villany he thinks he could have detected and expofed in fuch a manner , that the perfons , who are most conceived to be infected by them , would foon lay them ...
Page ix
... those paffages in this discourse , which appear moft liable to objection , are what they call parodies , where the author perfonates the style and manner of other writers , whom he has a mind to expose . I fhall produce one inftance ...
... those paffages in this discourse , which appear moft liable to objection , are what they call parodies , where the author perfonates the style and manner of other writers , whom he has a mind to expose . I fhall produce one inftance ...
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