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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... fame hand with this ; which the author di- rectly affirms to be a thorough miftake , he having yet ne- ver fo much as read that difcourfe : A plain inftance how little truth there often is in general furmifes , or in con- jectures drawn ...
... fame hand with this ; which the author di- rectly affirms to be a thorough miftake , he having yet ne- ver fo much as read that difcourfe : A plain inftance how little truth there often is in general furmifes , or in con- jectures drawn ...
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... fame time protesting folemn- ly , that he never once heard of that letter , except in this paffage of the answerer : fo that the names were not borrowed , as he affirms , though they fhould happen to be the fame ; which , however , is ...
... fame time protesting folemn- ly , that he never once heard of that letter , except in this paffage of the answerer : fo that the names were not borrowed , as he affirms , though they fhould happen to be the fame ; which , however , is ...
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... fame , only muta- tis mutandis . Neither will he infift upon the mistake in the title . But let the anfwerer and his friend produce any book they please , he defies them to fhew one fingle particular , where the judicious reader will ...
... fame , only muta- tis mutandis . Neither will he infift upon the mistake in the title . But let the anfwerer and his friend produce any book they please , he defies them to fhew one fingle particular , where the judicious reader will ...
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... fame fubject . He never thought of it afterwards ; and it was a fufficient furprise to see it pieced up together , wholly out of the method and scheme he had intended ; for it was the ground - work of a much larger difcourfe , and he ...
... fame fubject . He never thought of it afterwards ; and it was a fufficient furprise to see it pieced up together , wholly out of the method and scheme he had intended ; for it was the ground - work of a much larger difcourfe , and he ...
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... fame account of the author ; and with an infolence , which I fuppofe is punishable by law , hath prefumed to affign certain names . It will be enough for the author to af- fure the world , that the writer of that paper is utterly wrong ...
... fame account of the author ; and with an infolence , which I fuppofe is punishable by law , hath prefumed to affign certain names . It will be enough for the author to af- fure the world , that the writer of that paper is utterly wrong ...
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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