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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It is certain , that in their own nature they were light enough to swim upon the surface for all eternity . Therefore the fault is in him , whó tied weights so heavy to their heels , as to depress them to the centre .
It is certain , that in their own nature they were light enough to swim upon the surface for all eternity . Therefore the fault is in him , whó tied weights so heavy to their heels , as to depress them to the centre .
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... which I hope will serve for an interim of some months to employ those unquiet spirits , till the perfeeting of that great work : into the secret of which , it is reasonable the courteous reader should have some little light .
... which I hope will serve for an interim of some months to employ those unquiet spirits , till the perfeeting of that great work : into the secret of which , it is reasonable the courteous reader should have some little light .
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... by coupling fome against their wills , and banishing others at Now , among all the rest , the profound number THREE is that which hath most employed my sublimest speculations , nor ever without wonderful de light .
... by coupling fome against their wills , and banishing others at Now , among all the rest , the profound number THREE is that which hath most employed my sublimest speculations , nor ever without wonderful de light .
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Bombastry and buffoonry , by nature lofty and light , foar highest of all ; and would be lost in the roof , if the prudent architect had not , with much foresight , contrived for them a fourth place called the twelvepenny gallery ...
Bombastry and buffoonry , by nature lofty and light , foar highest of all ; and would be lost in the roof , if the prudent architect had not , with much foresight , contrived for them a fourth place called the twelvepenny gallery ...
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The matter , as we have said , is of rotten wood ; and that upon two conliderations ; because it is the quality of rotten wood to give light in the dark : and , secondly , becaufe its cavities are full of worms ; which is a type with a ...
The matter , as we have said , is of rotten wood ; and that upon two conliderations ; because it is the quality of rotten wood to give light in the dark : and , secondly , becaufe its cavities are full of worms ; which is a type with a ...
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| Title | The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin Volume 1 of The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Jonathan Swift |
| Author | Jonathan Swift |
| Publisher | C. Bathurst, J. Rivington, W. Strahan, B. Collins, J. Hinton, J. Dodsley, L. Davis and C. Reymers, R. Baldwin, and W. Bowyer, 1766 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 28 Sep 2018 |
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