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 12
... method and scheme he had intended ; for it was the ground - work of a much larger difcourfe , and he was forry to obferve the mate- rials fo foolishly employed . E- There is one farther objection made by those who have anfwered this ...
... method and scheme he had intended ; for it was the ground - work of a much larger difcourfe , and he was forry to obferve the mate- rials fo foolishly employed . E- There is one farther objection made by those who have anfwered this ...
Page 16
... method , to perufe a hundred or two of de- dications , and tranfcribe an abstract , to be applied to your Lordship .; but I was diverted by a certain acci- dent . For , upon the covers of these papers , I cafually obferved , written in ...
... method , to perufe a hundred or two of de- dications , and tranfcribe an abstract , to be applied to your Lordship .; but I was diverted by a certain acci- dent . For , upon the covers of these papers , I cafually obferved , written in ...
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... methods of ty- ranny and destruction which your governor is pleafed to practise upon this occafion . His inveterate malice is fuch to the writings of our age , that of feveral thou- fands produced yearly from this renowned city , before ...
... methods of ty- ranny and destruction which your governor is pleafed to practise upon this occafion . His inveterate malice is fuch to the writings of our age , that of feveral thou- fands produced yearly from this renowned city , before ...
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... methods that I can think on ; whereof the wifdom of our ancestors being high- ly fenfible , has , to encourage all afpiring adventurers , thought fit to erect three wooden machines for the ufe of thofe orators , who defire to talk much ...
... methods that I can think on ; whereof the wifdom of our ancestors being high- ly fenfible , has , to encourage all afpiring adventurers , thought fit to erect three wooden machines for the ufe of thofe orators , who defire to talk much ...
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... method obferved by many other philofophers and great clerks , whofe chief art in divifion has been to grow fond of fome proper mystical number , which their imaginations have rendered facred , to a degree , that they force common reafon ...
... method obferved by many other philofophers and great clerks , whofe chief art in divifion has been to grow fond of fome proper mystical number , which their imaginations have rendered facred , to a degree , that they force common reafon ...
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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