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. Bathurst, 1764 |
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Page v
... fhould any clergyman of our church be angry to fee the follies of fanaticism and fuperftition expofed , though in the most ridi- culous manner ; fince that is , perhaps , the moft probable way to cure them , or , at least , to hinder ...
... fhould any clergyman of our church be angry to fee the follies of fanaticism and fuperftition expofed , though in the most ridi- culous manner ; fince that is , perhaps , the moft probable way to cure them , or , at least , to hinder ...
Page xi
... fhould put him under a neceffity of being fo hafty in his productions , which otherwise might often be entertaining . But there were other reafons obvious enough for his mifcar riage in this ; he writ againft the conviction of his ...
... fhould put him under a neceffity of being fo hafty in his productions , which otherwise might often be entertaining . But there were other reafons obvious enough for his mifcar riage in this ; he writ againft the conviction of his ...
Page xiii
... fhould receive a reprimand , which partly occafioned that difcourfe of the battle of the books , and the author was farther at the pains to infert one or two remarks on him in the body of the book . This anfwerer has been pleased to ...
... fhould receive a reprimand , which partly occafioned that difcourfe of the battle of the books , and the author was farther at the pains to infert one or two remarks on him in the body of the book . This anfwerer has been pleased to ...
Page xiv
... he affirms , though they fhould happen to be the fame ; which however is odd enough , and what he hardly believes ; that of Jack being not quite • Villers , fo fo obvious as the other two . The fecond in- Xiv AN APOLOGY .
... he affirms , though they fhould happen to be the fame ; which however is odd enough , and what he hardly believes ; that of Jack being not quite • Villers , fo fo obvious as the other two . The fecond in- Xiv AN APOLOGY .
Page xv
... fhould have fome allegory as well as the reft , and the author invented the pro- pereft he could , without enquiring what other people had written ; and the commoneft rea- der will find , there is not the leaft refemblance between the ...
... fhould have fome allegory as well as the reft , and the author invented the pro- pereft he could , without enquiring what other people had written ; and the commoneft rea- der will find , there is not the leaft refemblance between the ...
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