The Works of Dr. Jonathan SwiftW. Bowyer, 1768 |
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... critics . LTHOUGH I have been hitherto as cautious as I could , upon all occafions , most nicely to follow the rules and methods of writing laid down by the example of our illuftrious moderns ; yet has the unhappy fhortness of my memory ...
... critics . LTHOUGH I have been hitherto as cautious as I could , upon all occafions , most nicely to follow the rules and methods of writing laid down by the example of our illuftrious moderns ; yet has the unhappy fhortness of my memory ...
Page 88
... ; but only with a defign to come out as cleanly as he may . These men feem , though very erroneously , to have understood the appellation of critic in a literal sense have 88 A DIGRESSION By the word critic, at this day fo fre- ...
... ; but only with a defign to come out as cleanly as he may . These men feem , though very erroneously , to have understood the appellation of critic in a literal sense have 88 A DIGRESSION By the word critic, at this day fo fre- ...
Page 89
... critic , who fets up to read only for an occafion of cenfure and reproof , is a crea- ture as barbarous as a judge , who should take up a refolution to hang all men , that came before him upon a tryal . Again , by the word ... CRITICS . 89.
... critic , who fets up to read only for an occafion of cenfure and reproof , is a crea- ture as barbarous as a judge , who should take up a refolution to hang all men , that came before him upon a tryal . Again , by the word ... CRITICS . 89.
Page 90
... critic , as foon as he had finished his task affigned , should immediately deliver himself up to ratfbane , or hemp , or from fome conve- nient altitude ; and that no man's preten- fions to nient go A DIGRESSION the commonwealth of ...
... critic , as foon as he had finished his task affigned , should immediately deliver himself up to ratfbane , or hemp , or from fome conve- nient altitude ; and that no man's preten- fions to nient go A DIGRESSION the commonwealth of ...
Page 91
... critic ; which is , to travel through this vaft world of writings ; to purfue and hunt those monftrous faults bred within them ; to drag out the lurking errors , like Cacus from his den ; to multiply them like Hy- dra's ... CRITICS . 9 &
... critic ; which is , to travel through this vaft world of writings ; to purfue and hunt those monftrous faults bred within them ; to drag out the lurking errors , like Cacus from his den ; to multiply them like Hy- dra's ... CRITICS . 9 &
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