The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page ci
... in the character of a private perfon . He knew , that a patriot , like an Afiatic prince , muft make himfelf dreaded . If he be once foiled , his i3 power power is at an end . And without controverfy , CHARACTERS OF DR SWIFT . ci.
... in the character of a private perfon . He knew , that a patriot , like an Afiatic prince , muft make himfelf dreaded . If he be once foiled , his i3 power power is at an end . And without controverfy , CHARACTERS OF DR SWIFT . ci.
Page cxvii
... muft laugh with him . But what fhall be faid for his love of trifies , and his want of delicacy and decorum ? errors that if he did not contract , at least he increased in Ireland . They are without a pa- rallel , I hope they will ever ...
... muft laugh with him . But what fhall be faid for his love of trifies , and his want of delicacy and decorum ? errors that if he did not contract , at least he increased in Ireland . They are without a pa- rallel , I hope they will ever ...
Page cxviii
... muft have fhined more gloriously , and might have en- lightened a whole planetary fyftem in the political world . THERE are fome pieces in his works that I defpife , o- thers that I loath , but many more that delight and im- prove me ...
... muft have fhined more gloriously , and might have en- lightened a whole planetary fyftem in the political world . THERE are fome pieces in his works that I defpife , o- thers that I loath , but many more that delight and im- prove me ...
Page cxxiii
... muft difapprove , than to endeavour pulling up thofe very foundations , wherein all Chriftians have agreed . : He thinks it no fair proceeding , that any perfon fhould offer determinately to fix a name upon the author of this difcourfe ...
... muft difapprove , than to endeavour pulling up thofe very foundations , wherein all Chriftians have agreed . : He thinks it no fair proceeding , that any perfon fhould offer determinately to fix a name upon the author of this difcourfe ...
Page 4
... muft , by an unparallelled ambi- tion and avarice , wholly intercept and devour them . To affirm that our age is altogether unlearned , and devoid of writers in any kind , feems to be an affertion fo bold and fo falfe , that I have been ...
... muft , by an unparallelled ambi- tion and avarice , wholly intercept and devour them . To affirm that our age is altogether unlearned , and devoid of writers in any kind , feems to be an affertion fo bold and fo falfe , that I have been ...
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