The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page cxxiii
... objected by any body elfe . So that if ever any defign was unfortunately executed , it must be that of this anfwerer ; who when he would have it obferved , that the author's wit is none of his own , is able to produce but three ...
... objected by any body elfe . So that if ever any defign was unfortunately executed , it must be that of this anfwerer ; who when he would have it obferved , that the author's wit is none of his own , is able to produce but three ...
Page xiv
... objection made by those who have answered this book , as well as by fome others , that Peter is frequently made to repeat oaths and curfes . Every reader obferves it was neceffary to know that Peter did fwear and curfe . The oaths are ...
... objection made by those who have answered this book , as well as by fome others , that Peter is frequently made to repeat oaths and curfes . Every reader obferves it was neceffary to know that Peter did fwear and curfe . The oaths are ...
Page 5
... objection ? it ill befits the distance between your Highness and me , to fend you for ocular conviction to a jakes or an oven ; to the windows of a bawdy - house , or to a fordid lanthern . Books , like . men , their authors , have no ...
... objection ? it ill befits the distance between your Highness and me , to fend you for ocular conviction to a jakes or an oven ; to the windows of a bawdy - house , or to a fordid lanthern . Books , like . men , their authors , have no ...
Page 13
... objection . First , I am far from granting the number of writers a nufance to our nation ; having ftrenuously maintained the contrary in feveral parts of the following difcourfe . Secondly , I do not well understand the juftice of this ...
... objection . First , I am far from granting the number of writers a nufance to our nation ; having ftrenuously maintained the contrary in feveral parts of the following difcourfe . Secondly , I do not well understand the juftice of this ...
Page 41
... objected again , why their father should forbid them to wear a broom - flick on . their coats ; a caution that seemed unnatural and imper- tinent . Upon which he was taken up fhort , as one that spoke irreverently of a myftery ; which ...
... objected again , why their father should forbid them to wear a broom - flick on . their coats ; a caution that seemed unnatural and imper- tinent . Upon which he was taken up fhort , as one that spoke irreverently of a myftery ; which ...
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