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
... 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 fimili- tude of ftyle , or way of thinking . Had the author written a book to expofe the ...
... 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 fimili- tude of ftyle , or way of thinking . Had the author written a book to expofe the ...
Page viii
... never had it once in his thoughts , that any thing he said would in the least be capable of fuch interpretations , which he will engage to de- duce full as fairly from the most innocent book in the world . And it will be obvious to ...
... never had it once in his thoughts , that any thing he said would in the least be capable of fuch interpretations , which he will engage to de- duce full as fairly from the most innocent book in the world . And it will be obvious to ...
Page ix
... never thought on . And indeed the conceit was half spoiled by chang- ing the numbers ; that of four being much more cabalistic , and therefore better expofing the pretended virtue of numbers , a fuperfti- tion there intended to be ...
... never thought on . And indeed the conceit was half spoiled by chang- ing the numbers ; that of four being much more cabalistic , and therefore better expofing the pretended virtue of numbers , a fuperfti- tion there intended to be ...
Page xiii
... never once entered into the writer's 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 ...
... never once entered into the writer's 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 ...
Page xiv
... never have been one . He conceived , it was never difputed to be an original , what- ever faults it might have . However , this an- fwerer produces three inftances to prove this author's wit is not his own in many places . The firft is ...
... never have been one . He conceived , it was never difputed to be an original , what- ever faults it might have . However , this an- fwerer produces three inftances to prove this author's wit is not his own in many places . The firft is ...
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