The Works of Dr. Jonathan SwiftW. Bowyer, 1768 |
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... critic . The matter is a trifle ; but , would he venture to pronounce at this rate upon one of greater moment ? I know nothing more contemptible in a writer , than the charac- ter of a plagiary ; which he here fixes at a venture ; and ...
... critic . The matter is a trifle ; but , would he venture to pronounce at this rate upon one of greater moment ? I know nothing more contemptible in a writer , than the charac- ter of a plagiary ; which he here fixes at a venture ; and ...
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... critics . There is a perfon ftyled Dr. Bentley , who has written near a thousand pages of immenfe erudition , giving a full and true account of a certain Squabble of wonderful importance between himself and a book feller : he is a ...
... critics . There is a perfon ftyled Dr. Bentley , who has written near a thousand pages of immenfe erudition , giving a full and true account of a certain Squabble of wonderful importance between himself and a book feller : he is a ...
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... critics : the school of falivation : the school of hobby - horses : the school of poetry : the school of tops : the fchool of Spleen : the school of gaming : with many others , too tedious to recount . No perfon to be admitted member ...
... critics : the school of falivation : the school of hobby - horses : the school of poetry : the school of tops : the fchool of Spleen : the school of gaming : with many others , too tedious to recount . No perfon to be admitted member ...
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... critics , as I think they are called , which ftand ready opened to devour them . Then , the boxes are built round , and raised to a level with the fcene , in de- ference to the ladies ; because , that large portion of wit , laid out in ...
... critics , as I think they are called , which ftand ready opened to devour them . Then , the boxes are built round , and raised to a level with the fcene , in de- ference to the ladies ; because , that large portion of wit , laid out in ...
Page 86
... juftify what they did . In imitation of this , Pe- ter , having run fomething be- hind hand in the world , obtained leave of a certain lord , & c . W. Wotton . SECT . A SECT . III . A digreffion concerning critics . 86 A TALE OF A TUB .
... juftify what they did . In imitation of this , Pe- ter , having run fomething be- hind hand in the world , obtained leave of a certain lord , & c . W. Wotton . SECT . A SECT . III . A digreffion concerning critics . 86 A TALE OF A TUB .
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