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The notes which have been published with former editions have for the most part been retained , because they were intended to have been written , if not by the Dean , yet by Some friend who knew his particular view in the paffage they ...
The notes which have been published with former editions have for the most part been retained , because they were intended to have been written , if not by the Dean , yet by Some friend who knew his particular view in the paffage they ...
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... were altered under colour of correction , as by thofe in which accidental imperfections were suffered to remain . Of thefe paffages the fol• lowing are felected from Gulliver's Travels , because the correction lowing THE PREFACE .
... were altered under colour of correction , as by thofe in which accidental imperfections were suffered to remain . Of thefe paffages the fol• lowing are felected from Gulliver's Travels , because the correction lowing THE PREFACE .
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lowing are felected from Gulliver's Travels , because the correction of this part of the work , efpecially with respect to dates and numbers , is boafted in an advertisement prefixed , and becaufe being divided into chapters ...
lowing are felected from Gulliver's Travels , because the correction of this part of the work , efpecially with respect to dates and numbers , is boafted in an advertisement prefixed , and becaufe being divided into chapters ...
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... that when a vessel is gradually finking , a man will drown fooner in the hold than upon deck , The Irifh edition tells us , that Gulliver would have got on the top , because be might thus have . preferved himself from being shut up ...
... that when a vessel is gradually finking , a man will drown fooner in the hold than upon deck , The Irifh edition tells us , that Gulliver would have got on the top , because be might thus have . preferved himself from being shut up ...
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X. Thefe Examiners indeed are not taken into this collection , because the last paper written by the Dean was N ° . 44 . which is yet a ftronger proof that he did not revife the Irish edition , where the fubSequent numbers are imputed ...
X. Thefe Examiners indeed are not taken into this collection , because the last paper written by the Dean was N ° . 44 . which is yet a ftronger proof that he did not revife the Irish edition , where the fubSequent numbers are imputed ...
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| Title | The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift Volume 1 of 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, Jonathan Swift The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth |
| Author | Jonathan Swift |
| Editors | John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift |
| Publisher | W. Bowyer, 1768 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 17 Feb 2009 |
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