The Works of Dr. Jonathan SwiftW. Bowyer, 1768 |
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Page 40
... feems farther improbable by a letter to lord Bolingbroke , dated April 5 , 1729 , in which it appears , that he was then reading Baronius , and Baronius was the only piece of church hiftory that was found in his library . Lord Orrery ...
... feems farther improbable by a letter to lord Bolingbroke , dated April 5 , 1729 , in which it appears , that he was then reading Baronius , and Baronius was the only piece of church hiftory that was found in his library . Lord Orrery ...
Page 41
... feems to be favoured by a paffage in a letter writ- ten by the dean himself to Mr. Pope , dated Sept. 20 , 1723 . · See vol . aii . 199 . That his genius was not declining in 1723 , ap- pears by the Draper's letters , which were not ...
... feems to be favoured by a paffage in a letter writ- ten by the dean himself to Mr. Pope , dated Sept. 20 , 1723 . · See vol . aii . 199 . That his genius was not declining in 1723 , ap- pears by the Draper's letters , which were not ...
Page 50
... feems , indeed , to be generally agreed , that Stella was deftroyed by the peculiarity of her circum- ftances , and that the fabrick , however weak by the delicacy of its compofition , would not have fallen fo foon , if the foundation ...
... feems , indeed , to be generally agreed , that Stella was deftroyed by the peculiarity of her circum- ftances , and that the fabrick , however weak by the delicacy of its compofition , would not have fallen fo foon , if the foundation ...
Page 53
... feems to have been more intimate and unreferved with Dr. She- ridan than with any other man ; his letters to him are evidently the fpontaneous effufi- ons of his heart , whether he was chearful fir Arthur or fad , and seem to imply a ...
... feems to have been more intimate and unreferved with Dr. She- ridan than with any other man ; his letters to him are evidently the fpontaneous effufi- ons of his heart , whether he was chearful fir Arthur or fad , and seem to imply a ...
Page iii
... feems calcu- lated to live at least as long as our lan- guage , and our taste admit no great alte- rations , I am content to convey some apo- logy along with it . The greatest part of that book was finished about thirteen years fince ...
... feems calcu- lated to live at least as long as our lan- guage , and our taste admit no great alte- rations , I am content to convey some apo- logy along with it . The greatest part of that book was finished about thirteen years fince ...
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