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Page 49
... of her wit int converfation fome inftances will be found in vol xii . under the name of Bons Mots , and two fpecimens of her poetry are added as an appendix to this tract . Her virtue was founded upon humanity , and her religion ...
... of her wit int converfation fome inftances will be found in vol xii . under the name of Bons Mots , and two fpecimens of her poetry are added as an appendix to this tract . Her virtue was founded upon humanity , and her religion ...
Page xxi
... we have not leisure to defeat them , their readers had need be cautious how they rely upon their credit ; and whether this proceeding can be reconciled to humanity or truth , let those , who think it worth their while , determine .
... we have not leisure to defeat them , their readers had need be cautious how they rely upon their credit ; and whether this proceeding can be reconciled to humanity or truth , let those , who think it worth their while , determine .
Page xxvi
The author cannot conclude this apology without making this one reflection ; that , as wit is the noblest and most useful gift of human nature , fo humour is the most agreeable ; and where these two enter far into the compofition of any ...
The author cannot conclude this apology without making this one reflection ; that , as wit is the noblest and most useful gift of human nature , fo humour is the most agreeable ; and where these two enter far into the compofition of any ...
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Lectures upon a diffection of human nature . A panegyric upon the world . An analytical difcourfe upon zeal , hiftori - theo - phyfi - logically confidered . A general hiftory of ears . A modeft defence of the proceedings of the rabble ...
Lectures upon a diffection of human nature . A panegyric upon the world . An analytical difcourfe upon zeal , hiftori - theo - phyfi - logically confidered . A general hiftory of ears . A modeft defence of the proceedings of the rabble ...
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... learned world already refolved upon appealing to your future dictates with the lowest and most refigned fubmiffion ; fate having decreed you fole arbiter of the productions of human wit in this polite and most accomplished age .
... learned world already refolved upon appealing to your future dictates with the lowest and most refigned fubmiffion ; fate having decreed you fole arbiter of the productions of human wit in this polite and most accomplished age .
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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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