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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... it must be that of this answerer ; who , when he would have it observed , that the author's wit is none of his own , is able to produce but three instances , two of them mere trifles , and all three manifestly false .
... it must be that of this answerer ; who , when he would have it observed , that the author's wit is none of his own , is able to produce but three instances , two of them mere trifles , and all three manifestly false .
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Of thete I have preserved a few examples , and shall set them down as near as my memory has been able to retain them . One begins thus : For a man to set up for a writer , when the press ( warms with , & c . Another : The tax upon paper ...
Of thete I have preserved a few examples , and shall set them down as near as my memory has been able to retain them . One begins thus : For a man to set up for a writer , when the press ( warms with , & c . Another : The tax upon paper ...
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... for an offence by any ; Since every individual person makes bold to understand it of others , and very wisely removes his particular part of the burden upon the shoulders of the world , which are broad enough , and able to bear it .
... for an offence by any ; Since every individual person makes bold to understand it of others , and very wisely removes his particular part of the burden upon the shoulders of the world , which are broad enough , and able to bear it .
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... of St. Peter's patrimony , which they have been never able to produce . Ibid . The bishops of Rome enjoyed their privileges in Roma at S E C T. III . A digression concerning critics 60 A TALE OF A T U B.
... of St. Peter's patrimony , which they have been never able to produce . Ibid . The bishops of Rome enjoyed their privileges in Roma at S E C T. III . A digression concerning critics 60 A TALE OF A T U B.
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... a careful reader might be able to pronounce upon the productions of the learned , form bis talte to a true relish of the sublime and the admirable , and divide every beauty of matter or of style from the corruption that apes it ...
... a careful reader might be able to pronounce upon the productions of the learned , form bis talte to a true relish of the sublime and the admirable , and divide every beauty of matter or of style from the corruption that apes it ...
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| Title | The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin Volume 1 of The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Jonathan Swift |
| Author | Jonathan Swift |
| Publisher | C. Bathurst, J. Rivington, W. Strahan, B. Collins, J. Hinton, J. Dodsley, L. Davis and C. Reymers, R. Baldwin, and W. Bowyer, 1766 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 28 Sep 2018 |
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