The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page cxvii
... readers muft laugh with him . But what fhall be faid for his love of trifles , and his want of delicacy and decorum ? errors that if he did not contract , at least he increased in Ireland . They are without a pa- rallel , I hope they ...
... readers muft laugh with him . But what fhall be faid for his love of trifles , and his want of delicacy and decorum ? errors that if he did not contract , at least he increased in Ireland . They are without a pa- rallel , I hope they ...
Page cxxv
... reader may find more per- fons to give that paffage an application . But this is e- nough to direct thofe who may have overlooked the au- thor's intention . THERE are three or four other paffages , which pre- judiced or ignorant readers ...
... reader may find more per- fons to give that paffage an application . But this is e- nough to direct thofe who may have overlooked the au- thor's intention . THERE are three or four other paffages , which pre- judiced or ignorant readers ...
Page cxxv
... readers , it may be thought unneceffary to take any notice of fuch treatifes as have been written against the enfuing discourse ; which are already funk into waste paper and oblivion , after the ufual fate of common an- fwerers to books ...
... readers , it may be thought unneceffary to take any notice of fuch treatifes as have been written against the enfuing discourse ; which are already funk into waste paper and oblivion , after the ufual fate of common an- fwerers to books ...
Page cxxv
... readers to his pamphlet ; feveral having ap- peared defirous that there might be fome explication of the more difficult paffages . Neither can he be altogether blamed for offering at the invective part ; because it is agreed on all ...
... readers to his pamphlet ; feveral having ap- peared defirous that there might be fome explication of the more difficult paffages . Neither can he be altogether blamed for offering at the invective part ; because it is agreed on all ...
Page cxxv
... reader , that for the greater part the reflecter is entirely mistaken , and forces interpretations which never once entered into the writer's head , nor will ( he is fure ) into that of any reader of taste and candour . He allows two ...
... reader , that for the greater part the reflecter is entirely mistaken , and forces interpretations which never once entered into the writer's head , nor will ( he is fure ) into that of any reader of taste and candour . He allows two ...
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Page lxxxiv - Soon after he again endeavoured, with a good deal of pain, to find words; but at last, after many efforts, not being able, he fetched a deep sigh, and was afterwards silent.