The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift ..1757 |
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Page 17
... juft the reverse of all this . Here , you may fecurely difplay your utmost rhetoric against mankind in the face of the world ; tell them , " That all are gone aftray ; that there is none " that doth good , no not one ; that we live in ...
... juft the reverse of all this . Here , you may fecurely difplay your utmost rhetoric against mankind in the face of the world ; tell them , " That all are gone aftray ; that there is none " that doth good , no not one ; that we live in ...
Page 20
... juft performance of this great work , there remain but three methods that I can think on ; whereof the wisdom of our ancestors being highly fenfible , has , to encourage all afpiring adven- turers , thought fit to erect three wooden ...
... juft performance of this great work , there remain but three methods that I can think on ; whereof the wisdom of our ancestors being highly fenfible , has , to encourage all afpiring adven- turers , thought fit to erect three wooden ...
Page 24
... juft come from having the honour conferred upon me , to be adopted a member of that illuftrious fraternity . Now , I am not unaware how the productions of the Grub - ftreet brotherhood have of late years fallen under many prejudices ...
... juft come from having the honour conferred upon me , to be adopted a member of that illuftrious fraternity . Now , I am not unaware how the productions of the Grub - ftreet brotherhood have of late years fallen under many prejudices ...
Page 28
... juft preference to that of Babylon ; contrary to the vulgar opinion . THE bind and panther . This is the mafter - piece of a famous writer now living ‡ , intended for a compleat ab- ftract of fixteen thousand school - men from Scotus to ...
... juft preference to that of Babylon ; contrary to the vulgar opinion . THE bind and panther . This is the mafter - piece of a famous writer now living ‡ , intended for a compleat ab- ftract of fixteen thousand school - men from Scotus to ...
Page 69
... juft going to begin . " Such is exactly the fate , at this time , of Prefaces , Epifles , Advertisements , Introductions , Prolegomena's , Apparatus's , To the Readers . This expedient was admirable at firft . Our great Dryden has long ...
... juft going to begin . " Such is exactly the fate , at this time , of Prefaces , Epifles , Advertisements , Introductions , Prolegomena's , Apparatus's , To the Readers . This expedient was admirable at firft . Our great Dryden has long ...
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abſolute almoſt alſo altho anſwer antient appears becauſe beſt Biſhop buſineſs cauſe Chriſtian church cloſe confcience conſequence converſation courſe Dean defire deſign diftinguiſh diſcourſe diſpoſed diſpute Dr Swift eaſy eſpecially eſtabliſhed expoſed faid fame fatire fide fince firſt fome fons foon friends fuch hath himſelf honour houſe inſtance intereſt Ireland itſelf JONATHAN SWIFT juſt laſt learned leaſt leſs Lord miniſtry modern moſt muſt nature neceſſary never obſerved occafion Orrery paſs paſſage paſſed perſon pleaſe pleaſure poſſible preſent preſerve propoſed publiſhed purpoſe raiſed reader reaſon refuſed religion reſolved reſpect reſt ſaid ſame ſay ſcheme ſeems ſenſe ſervant ſerve ſervice ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhare ſhe ſhew ſhort ſhould Sir William Temple ſmall ſome ſometimes ſpeak ſpirit ſtand ſtate ſtation ſtill ſtrength ſtyle ſubject ſuch ſuppoſe ſyſtem themſelves theſe things thoſe thought thro tion treatiſe underſtanding univerſal uſe uſual Whigs whoſe Wotton