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
... hands , in my humble opinion , they might have found more proper objects to employ them on : nondum tibi defuit hoftis ; I mean thofe heavy , illiterate fcribblers , pro- ftitute in their reputations , vicious in their lives , and ...
... hands , in my humble opinion , they might have found more proper objects to employ them on : nondum tibi defuit hoftis ; I mean thofe heavy , illiterate fcribblers , pro- ftitute in their reputations , vicious in their lives , and ...
Page vii
... hand with this which the author directly affirms to be a thorough mistake ; he having yet never fo much as read that difcourfe : a plain instance how little truth there often is in general fur- mises , or in conjectures drawn from a ...
... hand with this which the author directly affirms to be a thorough mistake ; he having yet never fo much as read that difcourfe : a plain instance how little truth there often is in general fur- mises , or in conjectures drawn from a ...
Page x
... hands , nor to be hoped for above once or twice in an age . Men would be more cautious of lofing their time in fuch an undertaking , if they did but confider , that to anfwer a book effectually , requires more pains and fkill , more wit ...
... hands , nor to be hoped for above once or twice in an age . Men would be more cautious of lofing their time in fuch an undertaking , if they did but confider , that to anfwer a book effectually , requires more pains and fkill , more wit ...
Page xi
... hand , but fince avowed by a perfon * , who upon fome occafions hath difcovered no ill vein of humour . It is a pity any occafion fhould put him under a neceffity of being fo hafty in his productions , which otherwise might often be ...
... hand , but fince avowed by a perfon * , who upon fome occafions hath difcovered no ill vein of humour . It is a pity any occafion fhould put him under a neceffity of being fo hafty in his productions , which otherwise might often be ...
Page xii
... hands , that the author had given him fufficient provocation . The great objection is against his manner of treating it , very un- fuitable to one of his function . It was de- termined by a fair majority , that this answerer had , in a ...
... hands , that the author had given him fufficient provocation . The great objection is against his manner of treating it , very un- fuitable to one of his function . It was de- termined by a fair majority , that this answerer had , in a ...
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