The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page xcv
... tion , without regard to the return of those feafons , which have been generally allotted to particular purpo- fes , without fleeping or waking , or eating or drinking , like the reft of mankind . To recover thefe unhappy . wretches ...
... tion , without regard to the return of those feafons , which have been generally allotted to particular purpo- fes , without fleeping or waking , or eating or drinking , like the reft of mankind . To recover thefe unhappy . wretches ...
Page cix
... tion of the epiftles of Horace , a prefent to me from " the author ; ' tis a fpecial good cover ; but I have a " mind there should be fomething valuable within fide " of it " So taking out his penknife , he cut out all the leaves close ...
... tion of the epiftles of Horace , a prefent to me from " the author ; ' tis a fpecial good cover ; but I have a " mind there should be fomething valuable within fide " of it " So taking out his penknife , he cut out all the leaves close ...
Page cxviii
... tion , and thirft of power : yet in this road he has fel- dom continued long in one path . He has written mif- cellaneously , and has chofen father to appear a wander- ing comet , than a fixed ftar . Had he applied the fa- culties of ...
... tion , and thirft of power : yet in this road he has fel- dom continued long in one path . He has written mif- cellaneously , and has chofen father to appear a wander- ing comet , than a fixed ftar . Had he applied the fa- culties of ...
Page cxxiii
... tion , he had endeavoured to ftrip himself of as many real prejudices as he could : I fay , real ones ; becaufe , under the notion of prejudices , he knew to what dangerous heights fome men have proceeded . Thus prepared , he thought ...
... tion , he had endeavoured to ftrip himself of as many real prejudices as he could : I fay , real ones ; becaufe , under the notion of prejudices , he knew to what dangerous heights fome men have proceeded . Thus prepared , he thought ...
Page cxxiii
... tion * ; in the latter of which he hath generally fucceeded well enough . And the project at that time was not amifs to draw in readers to his pamphlet ; feveral having ap- peared defirous that there might be fome explication of the ...
... tion * ; in the latter of which he hath generally fucceeded well enough . And the project at that time was not amifs to draw in readers to his pamphlet ; feveral having ap- peared defirous that there might be fome explication of the ...
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abfolute affiftance againſt alfo altho anfwer antient appears becauſe befides beſt cafe caufe cauſe Chriftian church confcience confequence converfation Dean defign defire difcourfe difpute Dr Swift Dublin eſtabliſhed faid fame fatire fays feems fenfe fent fervant ferve fervice feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince firft firſt fome fometimes foon fpirit friends ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffered fufficient fuppofe fure hath himſelf honour houſe inftance intereft Ireland Irenæus itſelf JONATHAN SWIFT juft laft laſt leaft learned leaſt lefs Lord miniftry modern moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary never obferved occafion Orrery paffages paffed paffion perfon pleaſe pleaſure poffible prefent preferved propofed publiſhed purpoſe reader reaſon refolved reft religion ſeveral ſhall Sir William Temple ſome ſtate thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thought thro tion treatiſe ufually underſtand univerfal uſe Whigs whofe whole whoſe Wotton