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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... believes the learned professors in either faculty would have been so far from resenting it , as to have given him thanks for his pains ; especially if he had made an honourable reservation for the true practice of either science .
... believes the learned professors in either faculty would have been so far from resenting it , as to have given him thanks for his pains ; especially if he had made an honourable reservation for the true practice of either science .
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It is true , I should be very loth , the bright example of your Lordship's virtucs should be lost to after ages , both for their fake and your own ; but chiefly , because they will be so very neceffary to adorn the history of a late ...
It is true , I should be very loth , the bright example of your Lordship's virtucs should be lost to after ages , both for their fake and your own ; but chiefly , because they will be so very neceffary to adorn the history of a late ...
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It is true indeed , that although their numbers be vast , and their productions numerous in proportion ; yet are they hurried so hastily off the fcene , that they escape our memory , and elude our fight ! When I first thought of this ...
It is true indeed , that although their numbers be vast , and their productions numerous in proportion ; yet are they hurried so hastily off the fcene , that they escape our memory , and elude our fight ! When I first thought of this ...
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I profess to your Highness , in the integrity of my beart , that what I am going to say , is literally true this minute I am writing . What revolutions may happen before it shall be ready for your perusal , I can by no means warrant ...
I profess to your Highness , in the integrity of my beart , that what I am going to say , is literally true this minute I am writing . What revolutions may happen before it shall be ready for your perusal , I can by no means warrant ...
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I am not , like other men , to envy or undervalue the talents I cannot reach ; for which reason I must needs bear a true honour to this large eminent fect of our British writers . And I hope , this little panegyric will not be offensive ...
I am not , like other men , to envy or undervalue the talents I cannot reach ; for which reason I must needs bear a true honour to this large eminent fect of our British writers . And I hope , this little panegyric will not be offensive ...
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| Title | The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin Volume 1 of The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Jonathan Swift |
| Author | Jonathan Swift |
| Publisher | C. Bathurst, J. Rivington, W. Strahan, B. Collins, J. Hinton, J. Dodsley, L. Davis and C. Reymers, R. Baldwin, and W. Bowyer, 1766 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 28 Sep 2018 |
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