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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... kind . The Dean also greatly excelled in telling a ftory , his fentences were- fhort and perfpicuous , his obfervations pier-- cing ; and though in the latter part of his life he was very apt to tell his ftories too . often , yet his ...
... kind . The Dean also greatly excelled in telling a ftory , his fentences were- fhort and perfpicuous , his obfervations pier-- cing ; and though in the latter part of his life he was very apt to tell his ftories too . often , yet his ...
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... kind * . Not fo Dr. Swift . He appears like a masterly gladiator . He wields the fword of party with ease , juftnefs , and dexterity : and while he entertains the ignorant and the vulgar , he draws an equal attention from the learned ...
... kind * . Not fo Dr. Swift . He appears like a masterly gladiator . He wields the fword of party with ease , juftnefs , and dexterity : and while he entertains the ignorant and the vulgar , he draws an equal attention from the learned ...
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... kind , and even to ridicule human nature itself . Poli- tics were his favourite topic , as they gave him an op- portunity of gratifying his ambition , and thirft of power : yet in this road he has feldom continued long in one path . He ...
... kind , and even to ridicule human nature itself . Poli- tics were his favourite topic , as they gave him an op- portunity of gratifying his ambition , and thirft of power : yet in this road he has feldom continued long in one path . He ...
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... kind , I might have faved myfelf the trouble of this apology ; for it is manifeft , by the reception the fol- lowing difcourfe has met with , that those who approve it , are a great majority among the men of tafte . Yet there have been ...
... kind , I might have faved myfelf the trouble of this apology ; for it is manifeft , by the reception the fol- lowing difcourfe has met with , that those who approve it , are a great majority among the men of tafte . Yet there have been ...
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... kind of revenge , to go to cuffs in broad day with the first he meets , and lay the last night's injury at his door . And thus much for this difcreet , candid , pious , and ingenious anfwerer . papers , is a How the author came to be ...
... kind of revenge , to go to cuffs in broad day with the first he meets , and lay the last night's injury at his door . And thus much for this difcreet , candid , pious , and ingenious anfwerer . papers , is a How the author came to be ...
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