The Works of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift ...C. Bathurst, W. Strahan, 1784 |
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Page 69
... such as the gaping multitude of their own age took them to be , or as historians and Poets have reprefented them to ours . That is another pleasure , " When we reflect that among his correfpondents are to be found the celebrated names ...
... such as the gaping multitude of their own age took them to be , or as historians and Poets have reprefented them to ours . That is another pleasure , " When we reflect that among his correfpondents are to be found the celebrated names ...
Page 73
... Such as- Whilft While amongst betwixt For among between amidst amid No final found can be more difagreeable than that of ft as it is only the fudden ftop of a hifs . Downwards forwards towards For Downward forward toward What occafion ...
... Such as- Whilft While amongst betwixt For among between amidst amid No final found can be more difagreeable than that of ft as it is only the fudden ftop of a hifs . Downwards forwards towards For Downward forward toward What occafion ...
Page 114
... such to the writings of our age , that of feveral thousands produced yearly from this renown- ed city , before the next revolution of the fun , there is not one to be heard of : unhappy infants ! many of them barbarously destroyed ...
... such to the writings of our age , that of feveral thousands produced yearly from this renown- ed city , before the next revolution of the fun , there is not one to be heard of : unhappy infants ! many of them barbarously destroyed ...
Page 117
... such a secret of it . There is a third , known by the name of Tom Durfey , a poet of vaft comprehenfion , a univerfal genius , and most profound learning . There are alfo one Mr. Rymer , and one Mr. Dennis , moft profound critics ...
... such a secret of it . There is a third , known by the name of Tom Durfey , a poet of vaft comprehenfion , a univerfal genius , and most profound learning . There are alfo one Mr. Rymer , and one Mr. Dennis , moft profound critics ...
Page 121
... Such was that of a moft ingenious poet , who , folliciting his brain for fome- thing new , compared himself to the hangman , and his * patron to the patient : this was infigne , recens , indictum ore alio . When I went through that ...
... Such was that of a moft ingenious poet , who , folliciting his brain for fome- thing new , compared himself to the hangman , and his * patron to the patient : this was infigne , recens , indictum ore alio . When I went through that ...
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