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
... late discourse between a Deift and a Socinian . Therefore , fince the book feems calculated to live at leaft as long as our language and our taste admit no great alterations , I am content to convey fome apology along with it . The ...
... late discourse between a Deift and a Socinian . Therefore , fince the book feems calculated to live at leaft as long as our language and our taste admit no great alterations , I am content to convey fome apology along with it . The ...
Page xiv
... late * duke of Buckingham . Whatever wit is con- tained in those three names , the author is con- tent to give it up , and defires his readers will fubtract as much as they placed upon that ac count ; at the fame time protesting ...
... late * duke of Buckingham . Whatever wit is con- tained in those three names , the author is con- tent to give it up , and defires his readers will fubtract as much as they placed upon that ac count ; at the fame time protesting ...
Page v
... late + reign ; and that is another reason , why I would forbear to make a recital of them here ; because I have been told by wifemen , that , as dedications have run for fome years past , a good hiftorian will not be apt to have re ...
... late + reign ; and that is another reason , why I would forbear to make a recital of them here ; because I have been told by wifemen , that , as dedications have run for fome years past , a good hiftorian will not be apt to have re ...
Page 6
... paper , which must needs have been employed in fuch numbers of books can thefe alfo be wholly annihi- late , and fo of a fudden , as I pretend ? What fhall fhall I fay in return of fo invidious an objec- DEDICATION TO.
... paper , which must needs have been employed in fuch numbers of books can thefe alfo be wholly annihi- late , and fo of a fudden , as I pretend ? What fhall fhall I fay in return of fo invidious an objec- DEDICATION TO.
Page 9
... late years written for a help to their ftudies * . That your highness may advance in wisdom and virtue , as well as years , and at last out- fhine all your royal ancestors , shall be the daily prayer of , Decemb SIR , 1697 . Your ...
... late years written for a help to their ftudies * . That your highness may advance in wisdom and virtue , as well as years , and at last out- fhine all your royal ancestors , shall be the daily prayer of , Decemb SIR , 1697 . Your ...
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