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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... must be I , or my Lord Sommers . From thence I went to feveral other wits of my acquaintance , with no fmall hazard and wearinefs to my perfon , from a prodigious number of dark , winding ftairs ; but found them all in the fame ftory ...
... must be I , or my Lord Sommers . From thence I went to feveral other wits of my acquaintance , with no fmall hazard and wearinefs to my perfon , from a prodigious number of dark , winding ftairs ; but found them all in the fame ftory ...
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... must needs have been employed in fuch numbers of books ? Can these alfo be wholly annihilate , and fo of a fudden , as I pretend ? What fhall I fay in re- turn of fo invidious an objection ? It ill befits the distance between your ...
... must needs have been employed in fuch numbers of books ? Can these alfo be wholly annihilate , and fo of a fudden , as I pretend ? What fhall I fay in re- turn of fo invidious an objection ? It ill befits the distance between your ...
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... must therefore look for little favour ) in a moft gentlemanly ftyle , adorned with the utmoft po- litenefs and civility ; replete with difcoveries , equally valuable for their novelty and ufe ; and embellished with Bentley , in his ...
... must therefore look for little favour ) in a moft gentlemanly ftyle , adorned with the utmoft po- litenefs and civility ; replete with difcoveries , equally valuable for their novelty and ufe ; and embellished with Bentley , in his ...
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... must needs fubfcribe to the juftice of this proceed- ing ; because I cannot imagine why we should be at expence to furnish wit for fucceeding ages , when the former have made no fort of provifion for ours : where- in I fpeak the ...
... must needs fubfcribe to the juftice of this proceed- ing ; because I cannot imagine why we should be at expence to furnish wit for fucceeding ages , when the former have made no fort of provifion for ours : where- in I fpeak the ...
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... must be fo too . But though the matter for panegyric were as fruitful as the topics of fatire , yet would it not be hard to find out a fufficient reafon , why the latter will be always better received than the first . For this being ...
... must be fo too . But though the matter for panegyric were as fruitful as the topics of fatire , yet would it not be hard to find out a fufficient reafon , why the latter will be always better received than the first . For this being ...
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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