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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... , and the human minds as fo ma- ny plants , fet by the hand of the great Creator " for utility and ornament . Thus fome , we fee , ear- VOL . I. f ** ly 2 t ly produce beautiful bloffoms , and as foon fade BY MRS . PILKINGTON . lix.
... , and the human minds as fo ma- ny plants , fet by the hand of the great Creator " for utility and ornament . Thus fome , we fee , ear- VOL . I. f ** ly 2 t ly produce beautiful bloffoms , and as foon fade BY MRS . PILKINGTON . lix.
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... hands , in my humble opinion , they might have found more proper objects to employ them on . Nondum tibi defuit hoftis ; I mean thofe heavy , illiterate fcribblers , prostitute in their reputations , vicious in their lives , and ruined ...
... hands , in my humble opinion , they might have found more proper objects to employ them on . Nondum tibi defuit hoftis ; I mean thofe heavy , illiterate fcribblers , prostitute in their reputations , vicious in their lives , and ruined ...
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... 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 from ...
... 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 from ...
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... hands , nor to be hoped for above once or twice in an age . Men would be more cautious of lofing their time in fuch an ... hand , but fince avowed by a perfont , who up on fome occafions hath difcovered no ill vein of hu- mour . It is a ...
... hands , nor to be hoped for above once or twice in an age . Men would be more cautious of lofing their time in fuch an ... hand , but fince avowed by a perfont , who up on fome occafions hath difcovered no ill vein of hu- mour . It is a ...
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... hands , that the author had given him fufficient provocation . The great objection is against his manner of treating it , very unfuitable to one of his function : It was determined by a fair majo- rity , that this answerer had , in a ...
... hands , that the author had given him fufficient provocation . The great objection is against his manner of treating it , very unfuitable to one of his function : It was determined by a fair majo- rity , that this answerer had , in a ...
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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