The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, DublinC. Bathurst, J. Rivington, W. Strahan, B. Collins, J. Hinton, J. Dodsley, L. Davis and C. Reymers, R. Baldwin, and W. Bowyer, 1766 |
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Page 68
... shew how well it agrees with its ancient self . A certain author , whose works have many ages since been en- tirely loft , does , in his fifth book , and eighth chapter , fay of critics , that their writings are the mirrors of learn ...
... shew how well it agrees with its ancient self . A certain author , whose works have many ages since been en- tirely loft , does , in his fifth book , and eighth chapter , fay of critics , that their writings are the mirrors of learn ...
Page 82
... shew a very complete anatomy thereof to all cu- rious gentlemen and others . But , not to digress farther in the midft of a digression , as I have known fome au- thors inclose digressions in one another , like a nest of boxes ; I do ...
... shew a very complete anatomy thereof to all cu- rious gentlemen and others . But , not to digress farther in the midft of a digression , as I have known fome au- thors inclose digressions in one another , like a nest of boxes ; I do ...
Page 85
... shew me in all his writings a complete account of the spleen . Does he not also leave us wholly to feek in the art of political . wagering ? What can be more defective and unfatisfac- tory than his long differtation upon tea ? And as to ...
... shew me in all his writings a complete account of the spleen . Does he not also leave us wholly to feek in the art of political . wagering ? What can be more defective and unfatisfac- tory than his long differtation upon tea ? And as to ...
Page 151
... shew my improvements " in the mathematics ) is all built with my own hands , " and the materials extracted altogether out of my own perfon . " " I am glad , " answered the bee , " to hear you grant " at least , that I am come honestly ...
... shew my improvements " in the mathematics ) is all built with my own hands , " and the materials extracted altogether out of my own perfon . " " I am glad , " answered the bee , " to hear you grant " at least , that I am come honestly ...
Page 178
... shew in con- venient place . To proceed therefore upon the phenomenon of spiritual mechanism , it is here to be noted , that in forming and working up the spirit , the assembly has a confiderable share , as well as the preacher . The ...
... shew in con- venient place . To proceed therefore upon the phenomenon of spiritual mechanism , it is here to be noted , that in forming and working up the spirit , the assembly has a confiderable share , as well as the preacher . The ...
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againſt almoſt alſo ancient anſwer aſſiſtance becauſe beſides beſt buſineſs cauſe Chriſtianity church clergy cloſe confcience conſequence conſtitution courſe cuſtom Dean defire deſign diſcourſe diſpoſed eaſy eſpecially eſtabliſhed expoſe faid falſe fame fatire fide fince firſt fome foon fuch fure hath Hawkef honour houſe inſtance intereſt itſelf JONATHAN SWIFT juſt laſt learned leaſt leſs Lord manifeſt mankind modern moſt muſt nature neceſſary never obſerved occafion Orrery paſs paſſages perſon Peter Pindar pleaſe poſſible preſent preſerve prince propoſed publiſhed purpoſe raiſed reader reaſon refolved religion reſpect reſt ſaid ſame ſay ſcheme ſeems ſenſe ſerve ſervice ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhew ſhort ſhould ſince Sir William Temple ſmall ſome ſometimes ſpeak ſpirit ſtand ſtate ſtation ſtill ſtrength ſtrong ſtyle ſubject ſuch ſuppoſe Swift ſyſtem themſelves ther theſe things thoſe thought tion treatiſe underſtanding univerſal uſe uſual utmoſt wherein whole whoſe Wotton writers