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 vii
... 44th page . Dryden , L'E- Arange , B 4 Letter of enthusiasm , fuppofed to have been written by Col. Hunter : fee Swift's letter to him , in the laft of these volumes . frange , and fome others . I fhall not name AN APOLOGY . vii.
... 44th page . Dryden , L'E- Arange , B 4 Letter of enthusiasm , fuppofed to have been written by Col. Hunter : fee Swift's letter to him , in the laft of these volumes . frange , and fome others . I fhall not name AN APOLOGY . vii.
Page xxi
... laft retired to the pedants , by whom it is ap- plied as properly to the productions of wit , as if I fhould apply it to fir Ifaac Newton's mathe- matics : but if this bantering , as they call it , be fo defpifeable a thing , whence ...
... laft retired to the pedants , by whom it is ap- plied as properly to the productions of wit , as if I fhould apply it to fir Ifaac Newton's mathe- matics : but if this bantering , as they call it , be fo defpifeable a thing , whence ...
Page vii
... laft hand , or , whether he intended to fill up the defective places , is like to remain a fecret . If I fhould go about to tell the reader , by what accident I became mafter of thefe papers , it would in this unbelieving age pafs for ...
... laft hand , or , whether he intended to fill up the defective places , is like to remain a fecret . If I fhould go about to tell the reader , by what accident I became mafter of thefe papers , it would in this unbelieving age pafs for ...
Page 4
... was administered by the major de palais , till Charles Martel the laft mayor put his ma- fter to death , and took the kingdom into his own hand . Out of guardianship . But the concern I have moft at heart , is 4 DEDICATION TO.
... was administered by the major de palais , till Charles Martel the laft mayor put his ma- fter to death , and took the kingdom into his own hand . Out of guardianship . But the concern I have moft at heart , is 4 DEDICATION TO.
Page 17
... laft a wea- ver , that stood next him , could hold no lon- ger : A plague confound you ( faid he ) for an overgrown floven ; and who , in the de- vil's name , I wonder , helps to make up the crowd half so much as yourself ? Don't you ...
... laft a wea- ver , that stood next him , could hold no lon- ger : A plague confound you ( faid he ) for an overgrown floven ; and who , in the de- vil's name , I wonder , helps to make up the crowd half so much as yourself ? Don't you ...
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