The Works of Dr. Jonathan SwiftW. Bowyer, 1768 |
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... common enemy to the rest of mankind , from whom sc THEY HAVE received no obligations . " cc Voyage to Lilliput , Chap . VI . The children of the Lilliputians are faid to be apprenticed at feven years of age in- ftead of eleven , which ...
... common enemy to the rest of mankind , from whom sc THEY HAVE received no obligations . " cc Voyage to Lilliput , Chap . VI . The children of the Lilliputians are faid to be apprenticed at feven years of age in- ftead of eleven , which ...
Page 73
... common , among pretenders to wit , to affect great contempt for every kind of regularity , to live , or pretend to live , in a state of continual diffipa- tion , without regard to the return of those seasons which have been generally ...
... common , among pretenders to wit , to affect great contempt for every kind of regularity , to live , or pretend to live , in a state of continual diffipa- tion , without regard to the return of those seasons which have been generally ...
Page 80
... common way of other men , as long as it continues I fhall ever bear a grateful memory for this favour you have fhewn , beyond my expectation , and almost exceeding my wishes . The inhabitants of the liberty as well as thofe of the ...
... common way of other men , as long as it continues I fhall ever bear a grateful memory for this favour you have fhewn , beyond my expectation , and almost exceeding my wishes . The inhabitants of the liberty as well as thofe of the ...
Page xi
... common answerers to books , which are allowed to have any merit : they are indeed like annuals , that grow about a young tree , and feem to vie with it for a fummer , but fall and die with the leaves in autumn , and are never heard of ...
... common answerers to books , which are allowed to have any merit : they are indeed like annuals , that grow about a young tree , and feem to vie with it for a fummer , but fall and die with the leaves in autumn , and are never heard of ...
Page xi
... common hands , nor to be hoped for above once or twice in an age . Men would be more cautious of lof- ing their time in fuch an undertaking , if they did but confider , that to answer a book effectually , requires more pains and skill ...
... common hands , nor to be hoped for above once or twice in an age . Men would be more cautious of lof- ing their time in fuch an undertaking , if they did but confider , that to answer a book effectually , requires more pains and skill ...
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