The Works of Dr. Jonathan SwiftW. Bowyer, 1768 |
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Page xxiv
... method and scheme he had intended , for it was the ground - work of a much larger discourse ; and he was forry to observe the materials fo foolishly employed . There is one farther objection made by thofe " those who have anfwered this ...
... method and scheme he had intended , for it was the ground - work of a much larger discourse ; and he was forry to observe the materials fo foolishly employed . There is one farther objection made by thofe " those who have anfwered this ...
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... method , to perufe a hundred or two of dedications , and tranfcribe an abstract to be applied to your lordship ; hut I was diverted by a certain accident : for , upon the covers of these papers , I cafually obferved written in large ...
... method , to perufe a hundred or two of dedications , and tranfcribe an abstract to be applied to your lordship ; hut I was diverted by a certain accident : for , upon the covers of these papers , I cafually obferved written in large ...
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... methods of tyranny and deftruction , which your governor is pleased to practise upon this occafion . His inveterate malice is fuch to the writings of our age , that of feveral thousands produced yearly from this renowned city , before ...
... methods of tyranny and deftruction , which your governor is pleased to practise upon this occafion . His inveterate malice is fuch to the writings of our age , that of feveral thousands produced yearly from this renowned city , before ...
Page 28
... rea- der defires to have a thorough compre- henfion of an author's thoughts , cannot take a better method , than by putting himself into the circumstances and poftures of of life , that the writer was in upon every 28 THE PREFACE ,
... rea- der defires to have a thorough compre- henfion of an author's thoughts , cannot take a better method , than by putting himself into the circumstances and poftures of of life , that the writer was in upon every 28 THE PREFACE ,
Page 42
... methods , that I can think on ; whereof the wisdom of our ancestors being highly fenfible , has , to encourage all afpiring ad- venturers , thought fit to erect three wooden machines for the ufe of thofe orators , who defire to talk ...
... methods , that I can think on ; whereof the wisdom of our ancestors being highly fenfible , has , to encourage all afpiring ad- venturers , thought fit to erect three wooden machines for the ufe of thofe orators , who defire to talk ...
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