The Works of Dr. Jonathan SwiftW. Bowyer, 1768 |
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Page x
... reader , that this was not any part of his fcheme or defign , the abuses he notes being fuch as all Church - of - England men agree in ; nor was it proper for his fubject to meddle with other points , than fuch as have been perpetually ...
... reader , that this was not any part of his fcheme or defign , the abuses he notes being fuch as all Church - of - England men agree in ; nor was it proper for his fubject to meddle with other points , than fuch as have been perpetually ...
Page xi
... readers , it may be thought unneceffary to take any notice of fuch treatises as have been written a- gainst the ensuing discourse , which are already funk into wafte paper and oblivion , after the usual fate of common answerers to books ...
... readers , it may be thought unneceffary to take any notice of fuch treatises as have been written a- gainst the ensuing discourse , which are already funk into wafte paper and oblivion , after the usual fate of common answerers to books ...
Page xiv
... readers to his pamphlet , feveral having appeared defirous , that there might be fome ex- plication 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 appeared defirous , that there might be fome ex- plication of the more difficult paffages . Neither can he be altogether blamed for offering at the invective part , because it is agreed on all ...
Page xvi
... reader , that , for the greater part , the reflec- ter is intirely mistaken , and forces inter- pretations which never once entered into the writer's head , nor will ( he is fure ) into that of any reader of taste and candor ; he allows ...
... reader , that , for the greater part , the reflec- ter is intirely mistaken , and forces inter- pretations which never once entered into the writer's head , nor will ( he is fure ) into that of any reader of taste and candor ; he allows ...
Page xvii
... reader , to beware of thinking the author's wit was intirely his own : furely this must have had fome allay of perfonal : animofity at least mixt with the defign of ferving the public by fo useful a discovery ; and it indeed touches the ...
... reader , to beware of thinking the author's wit was intirely his own : furely this must have had fome allay of perfonal : animofity at least mixt with the defign of ferving the public by fo useful a discovery ; and it indeed touches the ...
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