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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Page 28
... means let flip a preface or This I think the author fhould have omitted , it being of the very fame nature with the fchool of bobby - horses , if one may venture to cenfure one , who is fo severe a censurer of others , perhaps with too ...
... means let flip a preface or This I think the author fhould have omitted , it being of the very fame nature with the fchool of bobby - horses , if one may venture to cenfure one , who is fo severe a censurer of others , perhaps with too ...
Page 40
... means , from its near refem- blance to a pillory , it will ever have a mighty influence on human ears . Of ladders I need fay nothing . It is obferved by fo- reigners themselves , to the honour of our country , that we excel all nations ...
... means , from its near refem- blance to a pillory , it will ever have a mighty influence on human ears . Of ladders I need fay nothing . It is obferved by fo- reigners themselves , to the honour of our country , that we excel all nations ...
Page 43
... mean . Nor has the world been fo negligent a looker - on , as not to obferve the continual efforts made by the focieties of Grefham * and of Will's † to edify a name and repu- tation upon the ruin of OURS . And this is yet a * more ...
... mean . Nor has the world been fo negligent a looker - on , as not to obferve the continual efforts made by the focieties of Grefham * and of Will's † to edify a name and repu- tation upon the ruin of OURS . And this is yet a * more ...
Page 44
... means be perfua- ded to infpect beyond the surface and the rind of things : Whereas , wifdom is a fox , who , after long hunting , will at last cost you the pains to dig out ; it is a cheefe , which , by how much the richer , has the ...
... means be perfua- ded to infpect beyond the surface and the rind of things : Whereas , wifdom is a fox , who , after long hunting , will at last cost you the pains to dig out ; it is a cheefe , which , by how much the richer , has the ...
Page 48
... mean , that under which I defign it fhall pafs in the common converfations of court and town , is modelled exactly after the manner peculiar to our fociety . I confess to have been fomewhat liberal in the business of titles * , having ...
... mean , that under which I defign it fhall pafs in the common converfations of court and town , is modelled exactly after the manner peculiar to our fociety . I confess to have been fomewhat liberal in the business of titles * , having ...
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