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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... such usage ; and fo walked off without his dinner . By the fame to- " ken , I told the gentleman who recommended him " to me , that the fellow was a blockhead , and I had " done with him . " .. 66 66 The Dean then miffing his golden ...
... such usage ; and fo walked off without his dinner . By the fame to- " ken , I told the gentleman who recommended him " to me , that the fellow was a blockhead , and I had " done with him . " .. 66 66 The Dean then miffing his golden ...
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... such treatises as have been written against the enfuing difcourfe ; which are already funk into wafte paper and oblivion , after the ufual fate of common an- fwerers to books which are allowed to have any merit . They are indeed like ...
... such treatises as have been written against the enfuing difcourfe ; which are already funk into wafte paper and oblivion , after the ufual fate of common an- fwerers to books which are allowed to have any merit . They are indeed like ...
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... Such was that ' of a most ingenious poet , who , foliciting his brain for fomething new , compared himself to the hangman , and his patron to the patient . This was infigne , recens , indi- cum ore alio * When I went through that ...
... Such was that ' of a most ingenious poet , who , foliciting his brain for fomething new , compared himself to the hangman , and his patron to the patient . This was infigne , recens , indi- cum ore alio * When I went through that ...
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... such a rabble of fcribblers ? & c . Now , I have two words in my own defence against this objection . First , I am far from granting the num- ber of writers a nuisance to our nation , having ftrenu- ously maintained the contrary in ...
... such a rabble of fcribblers ? & c . Now , I have two words in my own defence against this objection . First , I am far from granting the num- ber of writers a nuisance to our nation , having ftrenu- ously maintained the contrary in ...
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... such words and phrafes as will beft admit an easy turn into any of the oriental languages , especially the- Chinese . And forI proceed ; with great content of mind , .. upon reflecting how much emolument this whole globe of the earth is ...
... such words and phrafes as will beft admit an easy turn into any of the oriental languages , especially the- Chinese . And forI proceed ; with great content of mind , .. upon reflecting how much emolument this whole globe of the earth is ...
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