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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And I was just going on , in the usual method , to peruse a hundred or two of dedications , and transcribe an abstract , to be applied to your Lordship .; but I was diverted by a certain accident . For , upon the covers of these papers ...
And I was just going on , in the usual method , to peruse a hundred or two of dedications , and transcribe an abstract , to be applied to your Lordship .; but I was diverted by a certain accident . For , upon the covers of these papers ...
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But I have been lately alarmed with intelligence of a furreptitious copy t , which a certain great wit had new polished and refined ; or , as our present writers express themselves , fitted to the humour of the age ; as they have ...
But I have been lately alarmed with intelligence of a furreptitious copy t , which a certain great wit had new polished and refined ; or , as our present writers express themselves , fitted to the humour of the age ; as they have ...
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It is certain , that in their own nature they were light enough to swim upon the surface for all eternity . Therefore the fault is in him , whó tied weights so heavy to their heels , as to depress them to the centre .
It is certain , that in their own nature they were light enough to swim upon the surface for all eternity . Therefore the fault is in him , whó tied weights so heavy to their heels , as to depress them to the centre .
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... it is certain , they would all be changed in figure and position ; new ones would arise ; and all . we could agree upon , would be , that clouds there were , but that I was grossly mistaken in the zosgrophy and topography of them .
... it is certain , they would all be changed in figure and position ; new ones would arise ; and all . we could agree upon , would be , that clouds there were , but that I was grossly mistaken in the zosgrophy and topography of them .
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I do therefore affirm , upon the word of a sincere man , that there is now actually in being a certain poet , called John Dryden , whose translation of Virgil was lately printed in a large folio , well bound , and , if diligent search ...
I do therefore affirm , upon the word of a sincere man , that there is now actually in being a certain poet , called John Dryden , whose translation of Virgil was lately printed in a large folio , well bound , and , if diligent search ...
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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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