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 iii
... his reading fresh in his head . By the affiftance of fome thinking , and much converfation , he had endeavoured to ftrip himself of as many real prejudices as he could ; VOL . I. B2 I fay 1 I fay real ones , becaufe , under the { iii 1.
... his reading fresh in his head . By the affiftance of fome thinking , and much converfation , he had endeavoured to ftrip himself of as many real prejudices as he could ; VOL . I. B2 I fay 1 I fay real ones , becaufe , under the { iii 1.
Page xiii
... head , nor will ( he is fure ) into that of any reader of taste and candour ; he allows two or three at most , there produced , to have been delivered un- warily ; for which he defires to plead the ex- cufe offered already , of his ...
... head , nor will ( he is fure ) into that of any reader of taste and candour ; he allows two or three at most , there produced , to have been delivered un- warily ; for which he defires to plead the ex- cufe offered already , of his ...
Page iv
... head of an army ; of your undaunted courage in mounting a breach , or fcaling a wall ; or , to have had your pe- digree traced in a lineal defent from the house of Auftria ; or , of your wonderful talent at drefs or dancing ; or , your ...
... head of an army ; of your undaunted courage in mounting a breach , or fcaling a wall ; or , to have had your pe- digree traced in a lineal defent from the house of Auftria ; or , of your wonderful talent at drefs or dancing ; or , your ...
Page 6
... head of an afs ,, a third to the westward with claws like a dra- gon ; and your bighness fhould in a few mi- nutes think fit to examine the truth , it is cer tain , they would all be changed in figure and pofition , new ones would arife ...
... head of an afs ,, a third to the westward with claws like a dra- gon ; and your bighness fhould in a few mi- nutes think fit to examine the truth , it is cer tain , they would all be changed in figure and pofition , new ones would arife ...
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... heads there is 100m enough , but how to reach it is the difficult point ; it being as hard to get quit of number , as of bell • evadere ad auras Hoc opus , hic labor eft . But to return , and view the cheerful skies , In this the talk ...
... heads there is 100m enough , but how to reach it is the difficult point ; it being as hard to get quit of number , as of bell • evadere ad auras Hoc opus , hic labor eft . But to return , and view the cheerful skies , In this the talk ...
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