The Works of Dr. Jonathan SwiftW. Bowyer, 1768 |
From inside the book
Page 8
... faid to be apprenticed at feven years of age in- ftead of eleven , which is evidently wrong , as the author fuppofes the age of fifteen with them , to answer that of one and twenty with us , a proportion which will be nearly kept by ...
... faid to be apprenticed at feven years of age in- ftead of eleven , which is evidently wrong , as the author fuppofes the age of fifteen with them , to answer that of one and twenty with us , a proportion which will be nearly kept by ...
Page 11
... faid to be five years instead of three , though he tells us he was fet on fhore there in 1711 , and departed in 1714 Voyage to the Houyhnhnins ; compare the beginning of Chap . I , with Chap . XI , of which fee alfo the last Pa- ragraph ...
... faid to be five years instead of three , though he tells us he was fet on fhore there in 1711 , and departed in 1714 Voyage to the Houyhnhnins ; compare the beginning of Chap . I , with Chap . XI , of which fee alfo the last Pa- ragraph ...
Page 2
... faid he never went into that kingdom . He died without male iffue , and the fa- mily inheritance defcended to his daughters , one of whom married Robert Fielding , efq ; commonly called handfome Fielding , and the other the earl of ...
... faid he never went into that kingdom . He died without male iffue , and the fa- mily inheritance defcended to his daughters , one of whom married Robert Fielding , efq ; commonly called handfome Fielding , and the other the earl of ...
Page 3
... faid Swift , tỏ give his majefty my coat , at the fame time pulling it off and prefenting it : the governor told him plea- fantly that his coat was worth little , why then faid Swift , take my waistcoat ; this was foon found to be an ...
... faid Swift , tỏ give his majefty my coat , at the fame time pulling it off and prefenting it : the governor told him plea- fantly that his coat was worth little , why then faid Swift , take my waistcoat ; this was foon found to be an ...
Page 8
... faid that Swift after having been fome months with his mother at Leicester , was received by fir William who was nowy retired to Moorpark , and in the last that fir William , tired About this time a bill was brought of being near London ...
... faid that Swift after having been fome months with his mother at Leicester , was received by fir William who was nowy retired to Moorpark , and in the last that fir William , tired About this time a bill was brought of being near London ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
againſt alfo alſo anſwer antient appears becauſe befides beſt called cauſe church cloſe converfation courſe dean Deane Swift defign defire difcourfe diſcourſe diſcovered Dublin faid fame farther faſhion fays fect feems fenfes ferve feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince fir William firft firſt fome fometimes fons foon fpirit friends ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofed fure furniſh greateſt Gulliver's Travels hath himſelf honour houſe intirely Ireland Irenæus itſelf Jonathan Swift juſt laft laſt leaft learning leaſt lefs letter lord modern moft Momus moſt muft muſt myſelf neceffary never obferved occafion Orrery paffages paffed perfon Peter Pindar pleaſe pleaſure poffible pofition prefent publiſhed purpoſe raiſed reader reafon refolved reft ſeems ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſome ſuch Swift thefe themſelves ther theſe things thofe thoſe thouſand tion treatiſe ufual underſtand underſtood univerfal uſe utmoſt vifit whofe whoſe Wotton writers