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 iv
... gave a liberty to his pen , which might not fuit with maturer years , or graver characters , and which he could have eafily corrected with a very few blots , had he been master of his papers for a year or two before their publi- cation ...
... gave a liberty to his pen , which might not fuit with maturer years , or graver characters , and which he could have eafily corrected with a very few blots , had he been master of his papers for a year or two before their publi- cation ...
Page xxiii
... gave the copy to the bookfeller , being a friend of the author , and ufing no other li- berties , befides that of expunging certain paf- fages , where now the charms appear under the name of defiderata . But , if any person will prove ...
... gave the copy to the bookfeller , being a friend of the author , and ufing no other li- berties , befides that of expunging certain paf- fages , where now the charms appear under the name of defiderata . But , if any person will prove ...
Page 42
... gave his fons , the gar ment of the Ifraelites . W. Wotton . An error ( with fubmiffion ) of the learned com- mentator ; for by the coats are meant the doctrine and faith of chriftianity , by the wisdom of the divine founder fitted to ...
... gave his fons , the gar ment of the Ifraelites . W. Wotton . An error ( with fubmiffion ) of the learned com- mentator ; for by the coats are meant the doctrine and faith of chriftianity , by the wisdom of the divine founder fitted to ...
Page 56
... gave rife to that fashion . Upon which the brothers confulting their father's will , to their great aftonishment found thefe words ; item , I charge and command my faid three fons to wear no fort of filver fringe upon or about their ...
... gave rife to that fashion . Upon which the brothers confulting their father's will , to their great aftonishment found thefe words ; item , I charge and command my faid three fons to wear no fort of filver fringe upon or about their ...
Page 67
... gave ground to fuperficial readers for urging the filence of authors against the antiquity of the true critic , though the types are so appofite , and the application fo neceffary and natural , that it is not eafy to conceive , how any ...
... gave ground to fuperficial readers for urging the filence of authors against the antiquity of the true critic , though the types are so appofite , and the application fo neceffary and natural , that it is not eafy to conceive , how any ...
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