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... there were only three things that feemed to deferve attention , or that could direct the choice ; that the verfe and profe fbould be kept feparate ; that the pofthumous and doubtful pieces fhould not be mingled with thofe which the ...
... there were only three things that feemed to deferve attention , or that could direct the choice ; that the verfe and profe fbould be kept feparate ; that the pofthumous and doubtful pieces fhould not be mingled with thofe which the ...
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published himself ; and that thofe tracts which are parts of a regular feries , and illuftrate each other , should be ranged in fucceffion without the intervention of other matter : Such are the Drapier's Letters , and fome other papers ...
published himself ; and that thofe tracts which are parts of a regular feries , and illuftrate each other , should be ranged in fucceffion without the intervention of other matter : Such are the Drapier's Letters , and fome other papers ...
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Among the notes will be found fome remarks on thofe of another writer , for which no apology can be thought necessary , if it be confidered that the fame act is juftice if the fubject is a criminal , which would have been murder if ...
Among the notes will be found fome remarks on thofe of another writer , for which no apology can be thought necessary , if it be confidered that the fame act is juftice if the fubject is a criminal , which would have been murder if ...
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... the contrary will incontestably appear upon a comparison of that edition with this , as well by thofe paffages , which were altered under colour of correction , as by thofe in which accidental imperfections were suffered to remain .
... the contrary will incontestably appear upon a comparison of that edition with this , as well by thofe paffages , which were altered under colour of correction , as by thofe in which accidental imperfections were suffered to remain .
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Mr. Falkener in printing thofe volumes did what I much difliked , and yet what was not in my power to hinder ; and all my friends pressed him to print them , and gave him what manufcript copies they had occafionally gotten from me ...
Mr. Falkener in printing thofe volumes did what I much difliked , and yet what was not in my power to hinder ; and all my friends pressed him to print them , and gave him what manufcript copies they had occafionally gotten from me ...
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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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