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" In the Attic commonwealth,* it was the privilege and birth-right of every citizen and poet to rail aloud, and in public... "
The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin - Page 24
by Jonathan Swift - 1755
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A Tale of a Tub: Written for the Uiversal Improvement of Mankind...

Jonathan Swift - 1705 - 342 pages
...and England, with refpeft to the Point before us. In the Attick * Commonwealth, it was ™' Xenefb. the Privilege and Birth-right of every Citizen and Poet, to rail aloud and in publick, or to expofe upon the Stage by Name, any Perfon they pleafe, tho' of the greateft Figure,...
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The Works of D. Jonathan Swift: In Nine Volumes, Volume 9

Jonathan Swift - 1752 - 242 pages
...reflefted. upon the Difference between Athens and England, with refpecY to-, the Point before us. In the Attic Commonwealth)-, it was the Privilege, and Birthright of every Citizen and Poet, to rail aloud and in Pnblick, or to expofe upon the Stage by JJame, any Perfon they pleafed, though of the greateft: figure,...
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The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...

Jonathan Swift - 1757 - 470 pages
...reflefted upon the difference between Athens and England, with refpeft to the point before us. In the || Attic commonwealth, it was the privilege and birthright...upon the ftage, by name, any perfon they pleafed, tho' of the greateft' figure, whether a Creon, an Hyperbolns, an Alcibiades, or a Demofthenes. But,...
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The Works ...: With the Author's Life and Character, Notes [etc ..., Volume 1

Jonathan Swift - 1761 - 468 pages
...difference between Athens and England with refpecl to the point before us. In the Attic commonwealth -f, it was the pri>vilege and birthright of every citizen and poet, to rail aloud, and in publici or to expofe upon the ilage by name, any perfon they pleafed, though, of. the.greateft figure,...
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The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volume 1

Jonathan Swift - 1768 - 500 pages
...reflected upon the difference bet ween Athens and England with refpedl to the pojnf before us. In the b Attic commonwealth it was the privilege and birth-right of every citizen and poet to rail aloud, and jn public, or to expofe upon the ft.age, by name, any perfon they pleafed, though of the greateft figure,...
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The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift, Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin. In Thirteen ...

Jonathan Swift - 1774 - 376 pages
...•difference between Athens and England .with refpecft to the point before us. In the Attic commonwealth f, it was the privilege and birthright of every citizen and poet, to rail aloud, and in publie, or to expofe upon the ftage by name, any perfon • Plutarch. f rid. Xenoph. they pleafed,...
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The Works of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift ...

Jonathan Swift - 1784 - 474 pages
...reflected upon the difference between Athens and England, with refpect to the point before us. In the Attic commonwealth, it was the privilege and birth-right...though of the greateft figure, whether a Creon, an Hyperbolus, an Alcibiades, or a Demofthenes: but, on the other fide, the leaft reflecting word let...
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Tale of a Tub: Written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind. To which ...

Jonathan Swift - 1798 - 278 pages
...England, with refpect to tlie point before us. In the Attic commonwealth*, it was the privilege 2nd birthright of every citizen and poet, to rail aloud and in public, or to expofe upon the" fInge by name, any ftrfoa they pleafed, though of the greateft figure, whether a Creon, an Hypsrrbolns,...
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A tale of a tub. The battle of the books [and essays

Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 488 pages
...upon the difference between Athens and England, with respect to the point before us. In the Attick commonwealth, it was the privilege and birthright of every citizen and poet to rail aloud, and in publick, or to expose upon the stage, by name, any person they pleased, though of the greatest figure,...
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The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2

George Campbell - 1801 - 404 pages
...common, and to be found even in our best writers. " In the Attic commonwealth," says Doctor Swift, " it " was the privilege and birthright of every citizen and " poet, to rail aloud and in public J."—If he had said simply, " In the Attic commonwealth it was the pri" vilege of every citizen, to...
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