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 46
... the pride , and ignorance of the ancients . This unknown author hath fo exhausted the subject , that a penetrating reader will easily discover whatever hath been written since upon that difpute to be little more than repetition .
... the pride , and ignorance of the ancients . This unknown author hath fo exhausted the subject , that a penetrating reader will easily discover whatever hath been written since upon that difpute to be little more than repetition .
Page 47
... farther use or value to mankind beyond the common entertainments of their wit and their style ; for these I am sure have never yet E , * This I suppose to be understood of Mr. Wotton's discourse of ancient and modern learning .
... farther use or value to mankind beyond the common entertainments of their wit and their style ; for these I am sure have never yet E , * This I suppose to be understood of Mr. Wotton's discourse of ancient and modern learning .
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I have , with much pains and reading , collected out of ancient authors , this short summary of a body of philofophy and divinity ; which scems to have been composed by a vein and race of thinking , very different from any other systems ...
I have , with much pains and reading , collected out of ancient authors , this short summary of a body of philofophy and divinity ; which scems to have been composed by a vein and race of thinking , very different from any other systems ...
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... which he has occasion for in the will ; when neither the constituent syllables , nor much less the whole word , Were there in terminis . W. Wotton . TE * Quibufdam veteribus codicibus : Some ancient manuscripts . f E 3 to Sect .
... which he has occasion for in the will ; when neither the constituent syllables , nor much less the whole word , Were there in terminis . W. Wotton . TE * Quibufdam veteribus codicibus : Some ancient manuscripts . f E 3 to Sect .
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... by a very good argument , that K was a modern illegitimate letter , unknown to the Jearned ages , nor any where to be found in ancient manuscripts , “ ' Tis true ” ( said he ) “ the word Calenda “ hath in Q. V. C. * been sometimes ...
... by a very good argument , that K was a modern illegitimate letter , unknown to the Jearned ages , nor any where to be found in ancient manuscripts , “ ' Tis true ” ( said he ) “ the word Calenda “ hath in Q. V. C. * been sometimes ...
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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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