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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They are of no further use than to shew us , in general , the errors of human nature ; and to convince us , that neither the height of wit nor genius can bring a man to such a degree of perfection , as vanity would often prompt him to ...
They are of no further use than to shew us , in general , the errors of human nature ; and to convince us , that neither the height of wit nor genius can bring a man to such a degree of perfection , as vanity would often prompt him to ...
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F good and ill nature equally operated upon man . kind , I might have saved myfelf the trouble of this apology ; for it is manifest , by the reception the following discourse has met with , that those who approve it , are a great ...
F good and ill nature equally operated upon man . kind , I might have saved myfelf the trouble of this apology ; for it is manifest , by the reception the following discourse has met with , that those who approve it , are a great ...
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other reasons obvious enough for his miscarriage in this : he writ against the conviction of his talent , and entered upon ond of the wrongest attempts in nature , to turn into ridicule , by a week's labour , a ' work , which had cost ...
other reasons obvious enough for his miscarriage in this : he writ against the conviction of his talent , and entered upon ond of the wrongest attempts in nature , to turn into ridicule , by a week's labour , a ' work , which had cost ...
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The author cannot conclade this apology , without making this one reflection , Thrat as wit is the nobleft and most useful gift of human nature , fo humour is the most agreeable ; and where these two enter far into the composition of ...
The author cannot conclade this apology , without making this one reflection , Thrat as wit is the nobleft and most useful gift of human nature , fo humour is the most agreeable ; and where these two enter far into the composition of ...
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Lectures upon a dissection of human nature . A panegyric upon the world . An analytical discourse upon zeal , histori - thec - physi - lo . gically conlidered . A general history of ears . A modeft defence of the proceedings of the ...
Lectures upon a dissection of human nature . A panegyric upon the world . An analytical discourse upon zeal , histori - thec - physi - lo . gically conlidered . A general history of ears . A modeft defence of the proceedings of the ...
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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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