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
... things , its corruptions are likely to be the worst . There is one thing which the judicious reader cannot but have obferved , that fome of thofe paffages in this difcourfe , which ap- pear mot liable to objection , are what they call ...
... things , its corruptions are likely to be the worst . There is one thing which the judicious reader cannot but have obferved , that fome of thofe paffages in this difcourfe , which ap- pear mot liable to objection , are what they call ...
Page viii
... 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 every reader , that this was not any part of his ...
... 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 every reader , that this was not any part of his ...
Page ix
... thing to be obferved is , that there generally runs an irony through the thread of the whole book , which the men of taste will obferve and diftinguish , and which will render fome objections , that have been made , very weak and ...
... thing to be obferved is , that there generally runs an irony through the thread of the whole book , which the men of taste will obferve and diftinguish , and which will render fome objections , that have been made , very weak and ...
Page xiii
... things were ripe for a general infur- rection , till my lord Orrery had a little laid the fpirit , and fettled the ferment . But , his lord hip being principally engaged with ano- ther antagonist , it was thought neceffary , in order to ...
... things were ripe for a general infur- rection , till my lord Orrery had a little laid the fpirit , and fettled the ferment . But , his lord hip being principally engaged with ano- ther antagonist , it was thought neceffary , in order to ...
Page xiv
... thing elfe , but to expofe the abufes and cor- ruptions in learning and religion . But it would be good to know what defign this reflecter was ferving , when he concludes his pamphlet with a caution to the reader , to beware of thinking ...
... thing elfe , but to expofe the abufes and cor- ruptions in learning and religion . But it would be good to know what defign this reflecter was ferving , when he concludes his pamphlet with a caution to the reader , to beware of thinking ...
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