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If we confider Swift as a divine and a Chriftian , we fhall find him , altho ' not fo grave , yet at least as per- fect , as the most famous of his contemporaries . His first setting out in the world may be thought fomewhat fingular ...
If we confider Swift as a divine and a Chriftian , we fhall find him , altho ' not fo grave , yet at least as per- fect , as the most famous of his contemporaries . His first setting out in the world may be thought fomewhat fingular ...
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F we confider Swift's profe works , we fhall find a cer tain masterly conciseness in their style that hath never been equalled by any other writer . The truth of this as- fertion will more evidently appear , by comparing him with fome ...
F we confider Swift's profe works , we fhall find a cer tain masterly conciseness in their style that hath never been equalled by any other writer . The truth of this as- fertion will more evidently appear , by comparing him with fome ...
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IN a difquifition of this fort , I fhall avoid as much as poffible any annotations upon that kind of fatire in which the Dean indulged himself against particular perfons : most of whom it is probable provoked his rage by their own ...
IN a difquifition of this fort , I fhall avoid as much as poffible any annotations upon that kind of fatire in which the Dean indulged himself against particular perfons : most of whom it is probable provoked his rage by their own ...
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I fhall produce one inftance ; it is in the 29th page . Dryden , L'Eftrange , and fome others I fhall not name , are here levelled at ; who , having spent their lives in faction and apoftafies , and all manner of vice , pretended to be ...
I fhall produce one inftance ; it is in the 29th page . Dryden , L'Eftrange , and fome others I fhall not name , are here levelled at ; who , having spent their lives in faction and apoftafies , and all manner of vice , pretended to be ...
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But if any perfon will prove his claim to three lines in the whole book , let him step forth , and tell his name and titles ; upon which the bookfeller fhall have orders to prefix them to the next edition , and the claim- ant fhall from ...
But if any perfon will prove his claim to three lines in the whole book , let him step forth , and tell his name and titles ; upon which the bookfeller fhall have orders to prefix them to the next edition , and the claim- ant fhall from ...
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| Title | The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift .. Volume 1 of The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift, Jonathan Swift |
| Author | Jonathan Swift |
| Publisher | G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 4 May 2017 |
| Length | 2984 pages |
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