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 ix
... particular ; and therefore they were forced to change it to the number three , from whence fome have endeavoured to fqueeze out a dangerous meaning , that was never thought on . And indeed the conceit was half spoiled by chang- ing the ...
... particular ; and therefore they were forced to change it to the number three , from whence fome have endeavoured to fqueeze out a dangerous meaning , that was never thought on . And indeed the conceit was half spoiled by chang- ing the ...
Page xvi
... particular , where the judicious reader will affirm he has been obliged for the fmalleft hint ; giving only allowance for the accidental encounter- ing of a fingle thought , which he knows may fometimes happen ; though he has never yet ...
... particular , where the judicious reader will affirm he has been obliged for the fmalleft hint ; giving only allowance for the accidental encounter- ing of a fingle thought , which he knows may fometimes happen ; though he has never yet ...
Page i
... particular , I am altoge- ther a ftranger to the matter ; and though every body elfe fhould be equally ignorant , I do not fear the fale of the book , at all the the worse , upon that score . Your lordship's name on the front in capital ...
... particular , I am altoge- ther a ftranger to the matter ; and though every body elfe fhould be equally ignorant , I do not fear the fale of the book , at all the the worse , upon that score . Your lordship's name on the front in capital ...
Page 12
... particular account , mentioning at pre- fent only a few of the principal schools : there is , firft , a large faderafic fchool , with French and Italian mafters . There is , alfo , the spell- ing fchool , a very spacious building : the ...
... particular account , mentioning at pre- fent only a few of the principal schools : there is , firft , a large faderafic fchool , with French and Italian mafters . There is , alfo , the spell- ing fchool , a very spacious building : the ...
Page 21
... particular part of the burthen upon the fhoulders of the world , which are broad enough , and able to bear it . To this pur- pofe , I have fometimes reflected upon the difference between Athens and England with respect to the point ...
... particular part of the burthen upon the fhoulders of the world , which are broad enough , and able to bear it . To this pur- pofe , I have fometimes reflected upon the difference between Athens and England with respect to the point ...
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