The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page cx
... reason to think there is no fuch " thing as a fincere friend to be met with in the " world . " - ' " Why , ” replied he , “ authors are as jea- " lous of their prerogative as kings ; and can no more " bear a rival in the empire of wit ...
... reason to think there is no fuch " thing as a fincere friend to be met with in the " world . " - ' " Why , ” replied he , “ authors are as jea- " lous of their prerogative as kings ; and can no more " bear a rival in the empire of wit ...
Page cxxiii
... reasons ob- vious enough for his miscarriage in this ; he writ against the conviction of his talent , and entered upon one of the wrongest attempts in nature , to turn into ridicule , by a week's labour , a work which had cost so much ...
... reasons ob- vious enough for his miscarriage in this ; he writ against the conviction of his talent , and entered upon one of the wrongest attempts in nature , to turn into ridicule , by a week's labour , a work which had cost so much ...
Page xiii
... reason to be excepted againft ; but , to deal freely , the greatest number he should have left untouched , as never fufpecting it poffible any wrong in- terpretations could be made of them . B THE R THE author obferves , at the end of ...
... reason to be excepted againft ; but , to deal freely , the greatest number he should have left untouched , as never fufpecting it poffible any wrong in- terpretations could be made of them . B THE R THE author obferves , at the end of ...
Page xiv
... reasons already alledged . Some overtures have been made , by a third hand , to the book- feller , for the author's altering those paffages which he thought might require it . But it feems the bookfeller will not hear of any fuch thing ...
... reasons already alledged . Some overtures have been made , by a third hand , to the book- feller , for the author's altering those paffages which he thought might require it . But it feems the bookfeller will not hear of any fuch thing ...
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... reason to believe they impofed upon my ignorance , because when I came to read over their col- lections , there was ... reasons , delayed coming to a trial ; and the Lords thereupon proceeded to the trial without them , and acquitted him ...
... reason to believe they impofed upon my ignorance , because when I came to read over their col- lections , there was ... reasons , delayed coming to a trial ; and the Lords thereupon proceeded to the trial without them , and acquitted him ...
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