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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... body of the difcourfe ; thofe in learning he chofe to introduce by way of digreffions . then a young gentleman much in the world ; and wrote to the taste of those who were like himself ; there- fore , in order to allure them , he give a ...
... body of the difcourfe ; thofe in learning he chofe to introduce by way of digreffions . then a young gentleman much in the world ; and wrote to the taste of those who were like himself ; there- fore , in order to allure them , he give a ...
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... body are not always very nice in diftinguishing between their ene- mies and their friends . Had the author's intentions met with a more candid interpretation from fome , whom out of respect he for- bears to name , he might have been ...
... body are not always very nice in diftinguishing between their ene- mies and their friends . Had the author's intentions met with a more candid interpretation from fome , whom out of respect he for- bears to name , he might have been ...
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... body of the book . This anfwerer has been pleased to find fault with about a dozen paffages , which the author will not be at the trouble of defending , farther than by affuring the reader , that , for the greater part , the reflecter ...
... body of the book . This anfwerer has been pleased to find fault with about a dozen paffages , which the author will not be at the trouble of defending , farther than by affuring the reader , that , for the greater part , the reflecter ...
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... body elfe . So that , if ever any defign was unfortunately executed ,. it must be that of this answerer ; who , when he would have it obferved , that the author's wit is none of his own , is able to produce but three inftances , two of ...
... body elfe . So that , if ever any defign was unfortunately executed ,. it must be that of this answerer ; who , when he would have it obferved , that the author's wit is none of his own , is able to produce but three inftances , two of ...
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... body , I know not who , in the country . To which can only be returned , that he is ab- folutely mistaken in all his conjectures ; and furely con- jectures are , at belt , too light a pretence to allow a man to affign a name in public ...
... body , I know not who , in the country . To which can only be returned , that he is ab- folutely mistaken in all his conjectures ; and furely con- jectures are , at belt , too light a pretence to allow a man to affign a name in public ...
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abfolute affiftance againſt alfo ancient anfwer becauſe befides beſt cafe called caufe cauſe Chriftianity church clergy confcience confequence confider confiderable converfation courfe Dean defign defire difcourfe difpute eſtabliſhed faid fame farther fatire fect feems fenfe fent fervant ferve fervice feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince firft firſt fome fometimes foon fpirit ftate ftill fubject fuch fufficient fuppofe fure greateſt guife hath Hawkef himſelf honour houſe inftance intereft itſelf JONATHAN SWIFT juft laft laſt leaft learned leaſt lefs Lord mankind modern moft moſt muft muſt myfteries nature neceffary never obferved occafion Orrery paffages paffed perfon Peter Pindar pleaſe poffible prefent preferve prince publiſhed purpoſe raiſed reader reafon refolved reft religion ſeveral ſhall ſtate Swift thefe themſelves ther theſe things thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion ufually underſtand underſtood univerfal uſe wherein whofe whole Wotton writers