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Page xciii
... they were too fcholaftic to be generally under- food , or fo coarse and vulgar as to lofe their dignity ; and he never failed to make these the fubject of an ad- monition to the preacher as foon as he came into the chapter - houfe .
... they were too fcholaftic to be generally under- food , or fo coarse and vulgar as to lofe their dignity ; and he never failed to make these the fubject of an ad- monition to the preacher as foon as he came into the chapter - houfe .
Page cvi
Mrs Pilkington asked him , what might be the fubject of them ? He told her , they were againft Wood's halfpence . Having afked Mr and Mrs Pilkington if they could fmoke ? and being anfwered , that they did not ; " " Tis a fign , " faid ...
Mrs Pilkington asked him , what might be the fubject of them ? He told her , they were againft Wood's halfpence . Having afked Mr and Mrs Pilkington if they could fmoke ? and being anfwered , that they did not ; " " Tis a fign , " faid ...
Page cix
... were meant as fuch , " but they are very stiff ' " Indeed , sir , " faid fhe , " he is fo perfectly a master of harmonious numbers , " that , had his heart been the leaft affected with his 66 fubject , he muft have writ better .
... were meant as fuch , " but they are very stiff ' " Indeed , sir , " faid fhe , " he is fo perfectly a master of harmonious numbers , " that , had his heart been the leaft affected with his 66 fubject , he muft have writ better .
Page cxxiii
He refolved to proceed in a manner , that should be altogether new ; the world ha- ving been already too long naufeated with endless re- petitions upon every fubject . The abuses in religion he proposed to set forth in the allegory of ...
He refolved to proceed in a manner , that should be altogether new ; the world ha- ving been already too long naufeated with endless re- petitions upon every fubject . The abuses in religion he proposed to set forth in the allegory of ...
Page cxxiii
And it will be obvious to every reader , that this was not any part of his fcheme or defign ; the abuses he notes , being fuch as all Church - of - England men agree in : nor was it proper for his fubject to meddle with other points ...
And it will be obvious to every reader , that this was not any part of his fcheme or defign ; the abuses he notes , being fuch as all Church - of - England men agree in : nor was it proper for his fubject to meddle with other points ...
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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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