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
... the priesthood , and openly intended against all religion ; in fhort , full of fuch principles as are kindly re- ceived , because they are levelled to remove B 3 thofe thofe terrors , that religion tells men will be the AN APOLOGY . V.
... the priesthood , and openly intended against all religion ; in fhort , full of fuch principles as are kindly re- ceived , because they are levelled to remove B 3 thofe thofe terrors , that religion tells men will be the AN APOLOGY . V.
Page vi
... fuch a manner , that the per- fons , who are most conceived to be infected by them , would foon lay them aside and be afhamed : but he has now given over thofe thoughts : fince the weightief men * in the weightieft ftations are pleafed ...
... fuch a manner , that the per- fons , who are most conceived to be infected by them , would foon lay them aside and be afhamed : but he has now given over thofe thoughts : fince the weightief men * in the weightieft ftations are pleafed ...
Page viii
... fuch interpretations , which he will engage to de- duce full as fairly from the most innocent book in the world . And it will be obvious to every reader , that this was not any part of his fcheme or defign , the abuses he notes be- ing fuch ...
... fuch interpretations , which he will engage to de- duce full as fairly from the most innocent book in the world . And it will be obvious to every reader , that this was not any part of his fcheme or defign , the abuses he notes be- ing fuch ...
Page ix
... fuch treatises as have been written against the en- fuing difcourfe , which are already funk into wafte paper and oblivion , after the ufual fate of common anfwerers to books , which are allowed to have any merit : they are indeed like ...
... fuch treatises as have been written against the en- fuing difcourfe , which are already funk into wafte paper and oblivion , after the ufual fate of common anfwerers to books , which are allowed to have any merit : they are indeed like ...
Page x
... fuch an undertaking , if they did but confider , that to anfwer a book effectually , requires more pains and fkill , more wit learning , and judgment , than were employed in the writing it . And the author affures thofe gentlemen , who ...
... fuch an undertaking , if they did but confider , that to anfwer a book effectually , requires more pains and fkill , more wit learning , and judgment , than were employed in the writing it . And the author affures thofe gentlemen , who ...
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