The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Jonathan Swift. hunting down large game . For it hath been observed both among antients and moderns , that a true critic hath one quality in common with a whore and an alderman , ne- ver to change his title or his nature ; that a grey ...
Jonathan Swift. hunting down large game . For it hath been observed both among antients and moderns , that a true critic hath one quality in common with a whore and an alderman , ne- ver to change his title or his nature ; that a grey ...
Page 68
... observe several defects in that author's writings , for which he is not altogether fo accountable . For whereas every branch of knowledge has received fuch wonderful acquirements fince his age , efpecially within these laft three years ...
... observe several defects in that author's writings , for which he is not altogether fo accountable . For whereas every branch of knowledge has received fuch wonderful acquirements fince his age , efpecially within these laft three years ...
Page 147
... observe the posture of both armies . But here the tender cares of a mother began to fill her thoughts , and move in her breast For , at the head of a troop of modern bozumen , the caft her eyes upon her fon Wotton ; to whom the fates ...
... observe the posture of both armies . But here the tender cares of a mother began to fill her thoughts , and move in her breast For , at the head of a troop of modern bozumen , the caft her eyes upon her fon Wotton ; to whom the fates ...
Page 190
... observe how difficult it is to get rid of a phrase , which the world is once grown fond of , tho ' the occafion that firft produced it be entirely taken away . For feveral years paft , if a man had but an ill favoured nofe , the deep ...
... observe how difficult it is to get rid of a phrase , which the world is once grown fond of , tho ' the occafion that firft produced it be entirely taken away . For feveral years paft , if a man had but an ill favoured nofe , the deep ...
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... observed , that there is a very good word , which hath of late fuffered much by both parties ; I mean moderation ; which the one fide very juftly difowns , and the other as unjustly pre- tends to . Befide what paffes every day in ...
... observed , that there is a very good word , which hath of late fuffered much by both parties ; I mean moderation ; which the one fide very juftly difowns , and the other as unjustly pre- tends to . Befide what paffes every day in ...
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