The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Including the Whole of His Posthumous Pieces, Letters, &c, Volume 2 |
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Page 68
... especially those among them of better quality and fortune ; who , because they
are not under a necessity of making learning their maintenance , are easily
allowed to pass their time , and take their degrees with little or no improvement .
... especially those among them of better quality and fortune ; who , because they
are not under a necessity of making learning their maintenance , are easily
allowed to pass their time , and take their degrees with little or no improvement .
Page 130
... been founded upon a mistake . It must be allowed , that every man is bound to
follow the rules and directions of that measure of reason which God hath given
him . And indeed , he cannot do otherwise , if he will be fincere , or act like a man
.
... been founded upon a mistake . It must be allowed , that every man is bound to
follow the rules and directions of that measure of reason which God hath given
him . And indeed , he cannot do otherwise , if he will be fincere , or act like a man
.
Page 162
... it must be allowed , there are very few such things as base actions in nature .
No man of honour , as that word is usually understood , did ever pretend , that his
honour obliged him to be chaste or temperate , to pay his creditors , to be useful ...
... it must be allowed , there are very few such things as base actions in nature .
No man of honour , as that word is usually understood , did ever pretend , that his
honour obliged him to be chaste or temperate , to pay his creditors , to be useful ...
Page 288
His famous tract , entitled , Neck or nothing , must be allowed to be the shrewdest
piece , and written with the most fpirit of any , which hath appeared from that side
, fince the change of the ministry : it is , indeed , a most cutting satire upon the ...
His famous tract , entitled , Neck or nothing , must be allowed to be the shrewdest
piece , and written with the most fpirit of any , which hath appeared from that side
, fince the change of the ministry : it is , indeed , a most cutting satire upon the ...
Page 295
Was he ever able to walk without leading - strings , or swim without bladders ,
without being discovered by his hobbling and his finking ? hath he adhered to his
character in his paper called the Enga : lilama , lishman , whereof he is allowed
to ...
Was he ever able to walk without leading - strings , or swim without bladders ,
without being discovered by his hobbling and his finking ? hath he adhered to his
character in his paper called the Enga : lilama , lishman , whereof he is allowed
to ...
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| Title | The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Including the Whole of His Posthumous Pieces, Letters, &c, Volume 2 The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Including the Whole of His Posthumous Pieces, Letters, &c, John Hawkesworth |
| Authors | Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth |
| Publisher | C. Elliot, 1784 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 15 Nov 2006 |
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