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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... produced , to have been deliver ed unwarily ; for which he defires to plead the excuse offered already , of his youth , and franknefs of fpeech , and his papers being out of his power at the time they were published . But this anfwerer ...
... produced , to have been deliver ed unwarily ; for which he defires to plead the excuse offered already , of his youth , and franknefs of fpeech , and his papers being out of his power at the time they were published . But this anfwerer ...
Page 9
... produces three inftan- ces to prove this author's wit is not his own in many pla- The first is , that the names of Peter , Martin , and Jack , are borrowed from a letter of the late Duke of Buckingham * . Whatever wit is contained in ...
... produces three inftan- ces to prove this author's wit is not his own in many pla- The first is , that the names of Peter , Martin , and Jack , are borrowed from a letter of the late Duke of Buckingham * . Whatever wit is contained in ...
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... produce any book they please , he defies them to fhew one fingle particular , where the judicious reader will affirm he has been obliged for the smallest hint ; giving only allowance for the accidental encountering of a fingle thought ...
... produce any book they please , he defies them to fhew one fingle particular , where the judicious reader will affirm he has been obliged for the smallest hint ; giving only allowance for the accidental encountering of a fingle thought ...
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... produced upon the lage of the world ; and thofe few , which , for want of bccafions to exert them , might otherwife have paffed un- feen or unobferved by your friends , your enemies * havě ht length brought to light . It is true , I ...
... produced upon the lage of the world ; and thofe few , which , for want of bccafions to exert them , might otherwife have paffed un- feen or unobferved by your friends , your enemies * havě ht length brought to light . It is true , I ...
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... produced one writer upon any fubject . know very well , that when your Highness fhall come to riper years , and have gone through the learning of antiquity , you will be too curious to neglect enquiring into the authors of the very age ...
... produced one writer upon any fubject . know very well , that when your Highness fhall come to riper years , and have gone through the learning of antiquity , you will be too curious to neglect enquiring into the authors of the very age ...
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