The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Including the Whole of His Posthumous Pieces, Letters, &c, Volume 1C. Elliot, 1784 |
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... Critics 272 Sect . 4. The TALE continued Sect . 5. A Digreffion in the modern kind Sect . 6. The TALE continued Sect . 7. A Digreffion in praise of Di- greffions Sect . 8. The TALE continued · Sect . 9. A Digreffion concerning the ori ...
... Critics 272 Sect . 4. The TALE continued Sect . 5. A Digreffion in the modern kind Sect . 6. The TALE continued Sect . 7. A Digreffion in praise of Di- greffions Sect . 8. The TALE continued · Sect . 9. A Digreffion concerning the ori ...
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... critic in Europe , or , in other words , I will hold fifty guineas to one , that Dr Swift was more a patron to the ministry , than any of the miniftry were patrons to Dr Swift : which is a point fo mani- feft to all that are acquainted ...
... critic in Europe , or , in other words , I will hold fifty guineas to one , that Dr Swift was more a patron to the ministry , than any of the miniftry were patrons to Dr Swift : which is a point fo mani- feft to all that are acquainted ...
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... critic . The mat- ter 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 character of a plagiary ; which he here fixes at a venture ; and ...
... critic . The mat- ter 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 character of a plagiary ; which he here fixes at a venture ; and ...
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... critics ; the fchool of falivation ; the fchool of hobby - horses ; the school of poetry ; the fchool of tops ; the fchool of Spleen ; the fchool of gaming ; and many others too tedious to re- count . No perfon to be admitted member ...
... critics ; the fchool of falivation ; the fchool of hobby - horses ; the school of poetry ; the fchool of tops ; the fchool of Spleen ; the fchool of gaming ; and many others too tedious to re- count . No perfon to be admitted member ...
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... critics , as I think they are called , which stand ready opened to devour them . Then , the boxes are built round , and raised to a level with the fcene , in deference to the ladies ; becaufe that large por- tion of wit , laid out in ...
... critics , as I think they are called , which stand ready opened to devour them . Then , the boxes are built round , and raised to a level with the fcene , in deference to the ladies ; becaufe that large por- tion of wit , laid out in ...
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Page 351 - These never examine farther than the colour, the shape, the size, and whatever other qualities dwell, or are drawn by art upon the outward of bodies ; and then comes reason officiously with tools for cutting, and opening, and mangling, and piercing, offering to demonstrate that they are not of the same consistence quite through.
Page 408 - You boast, indeed, of being obliged to no other creature, but of drawing and spinning out all from yourself ; that is to say, if we may judge of the liquor in the vessel by what issues out, you possess a good plentiful store of dirt and poison in your breast...
Page 234 - Tis but a ball bandied to and fro, and every man carries a racket about him, to strike it from himself, among the rest of the company.
Page 260 - It is true, indeed, that these animals, which are vulgarly called suits of clothes, or dresses, do, according to certain compositions, receive different appellations. If one of them be trimmed up with a gold chain, and a red gown, and a white rod, and a great horse, it is called a...
Page 259 - These postulata being admitted, it will follow in due course of reasoning that those beings, which the world calls improperly suits of clothes, are in reality the most refined species of animals ; or, to proceed higher, that they are rational creatures, or men.
Page 336 - ... of what is most perfect, finished, and exalted; till having soared out of his own reach and sight, not well perceiving how near the frontiers of height and depth border upon each other...
Page 32 - Kensington with the whole account of the matter in writing to convince the King and the Earl how ill they were informed. He told the Earl, to whom he was referred by his majesty (and gave it in writing), that the ruin of King Charles the First was not owing to his passing the triennial bill, which did not hinder him from dissolving any parliament, but to the passing of...
Page 258 - Look on this globe of earth, you will find it to be a very complete and fashionable dress. What is that which some call land but a fine coat faced with green ? or the sea, but a waistcoat of water-tabby...
Page 259 - To conclude from all, what is man himself but a micro-coat, or rather a complete suit of clothes with all its trimmings? As to his body there can be no dispute; but examine even the acquirements of his mind, you will find them all contribute in their order towards furnishing out an exact dress: to instance no more; is not religion a cloak, honesty a pair of shoes worn out in the dirt...
Page 408 - So that, in short, the question comes all to this ; whether is the nobler being of the two, that which, by a lazy contemplation of four inches round, by an overweening pride...