The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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... person he was robust and mafculine , his deportment was commanding , and his walk erect . His voice was fharp and high - toned , especially when he read prayers , but not effeminate ; and there was a na- tural feverity in his afpect ...
... person he was robust and mafculine , his deportment was commanding , and his walk erect . His voice was fharp and high - toned , especially when he read prayers , but not effeminate ; and there was a na- tural feverity in his afpect ...
Page cxxiii
... persons who are most conceived to be infected by them , would foon lay them afide , and be ashamed but he has now given over thofe thoughts ; fince the weightieft men * in the weightieft ftations are pleased to think it a more dangerous ...
... persons who are most conceived to be infected by them , would foon lay them afide , and be ashamed but he has now given over thofe thoughts ; fince the weightieft men * in the weightieft ftations are pleased to think it a more dangerous ...
Page cxxiii
... imitation of Horace's Art of poetry , c . This we cannot recover at present , it being so absolutely forgotten , the oldest booksellers in trade remember nothing of it . • THE other anfwer is from a person of a graver AN APOLOGY .
... imitation of Horace's Art of poetry , c . This we cannot recover at present , it being so absolutely forgotten , the oldest booksellers in trade remember nothing of it . • THE other anfwer is from a person of a graver AN APOLOGY .
Page cxxiii
Jonathan Swift. THE other anfwer is from a person of a graver chara- & ter , and is made up of half invective , and half annota- tion * ; in the latter of which he hath generally fucceeded well enough . And the project at that time was ...
Jonathan Swift. THE other anfwer is from a person of a graver chara- & ter , and is made up of half invective , and half annota- tion * ; in the latter of which he hath generally fucceeded well enough . And the project at that time was ...
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... person of wit , manners , and truth . He takes his boldnefs , from never having feen any fuch treatise in his life , nor heard of it before ; and he is fure it is im poffible for two writers of different times and countries , to agree ...
... person of wit , manners , and truth . He takes his boldnefs , from never having feen any fuch treatise in his life , nor heard of it before ; and he is fure it is im poffible for two writers of different times and countries , to agree ...
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