The Works of Dr. Jonathan SwiftW. Bowyer, 1768 |
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... most obvious and natural meaning is juft contrary . That we defire to conceal no act which upon re- flection we do not difcover to be vicious , bé- caufe virtue is pleafed in proportion as it is difplayed ; and indeed thefe verfes could ...
... most obvious and natural meaning is juft contrary . That we defire to conceal no act which upon re- flection we do not difcover to be vicious , bé- caufe virtue is pleafed in proportion as it is difplayed ; and indeed thefe verfes could ...
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... most rational devotion ; he was indeed devout , not only in his public and folemn addreffes to God , but in that tranfient Act of adoration , which is called faying grace , and which generally confifts only in a mutter and a bow , in ...
... most rational devotion ; he was indeed devout , not only in his public and folemn addreffes to God , but in that tranfient Act of adoration , which is called faying grace , and which generally confifts only in a mutter and a bow , in ...
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... most it terminates , like rays col- lected by a burning - glass , in a very fmall circle which is fcarce more than a point , and like light becomes fenfible only by reflection . Thus Swift , while he was courted and careffed by thofe ...
... most it terminates , like rays col- lected by a burning - glass , in a very fmall circle which is fcarce more than a point , and like light becomes fenfible only by reflection . Thus Swift , while he was courted and careffed by thofe ...
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... most laudable ambition ; and frequently : declared that , though he fometimes attempted to ex- ért himself in the pulpit , yet he could never J. R. 42 . rife higher than preaching pamphlets . He was however ftill a good dean and a good ...
... most laudable ambition ; and frequently : declared that , though he fometimes attempted to ex- ért himself in the pulpit , yet he could never J. R. 42 . rife higher than preaching pamphlets . He was however ftill a good dean and a good ...
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... most knowing of his company . Lord Orrery fays , that he was little acquainted with the mathematics , and ne- ver confidered the fcience except as an ob- Orvery 7 , ject of ridicule ; but the author of the Ob fervations affirms on the ...
... most knowing of his company . Lord Orrery fays , that he was little acquainted with the mathematics , and ne- ver confidered the fcience except as an ob- Orvery 7 , ject of ridicule ; but the author of the Ob fervations affirms on the ...
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