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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Page 60
... use of scripture in a vulgar tongue ; Peter therefore locks up his father's will in a frong box , brought out of Greece or Italy . Thefe countries are named , becaufe the New Teftament is written in Greek ; and the vulgar Latin , which ...
... use of scripture in a vulgar tongue ; Peter therefore locks up his father's will in a frong box , brought out of Greece or Italy . Thefe countries are named , becaufe the New Teftament is written in Greek ; and the vulgar Latin , which ...
Page 66
... use of the former hieroglyph , as too nearly approaching the prototype and invented other terms instead thereof , that were more cautious and mystical . So Diodorus † , fpeak- ing to the fame purpofe , ventures no farther than to fay ...
... use of the former hieroglyph , as too nearly approaching the prototype and invented other terms instead thereof , that were more cautious and mystical . So Diodorus † , fpeak- ing to the fame purpofe , ventures no farther than to fay ...
Page 70
... use of such words and phrafes as will beft admit an easy turn into any of the oriental languages , especially the- Chinese . And forI proceed ; with great content of mind , .. upon reflecting how much emolument this whole globe of the ...
... use of such words and phrafes as will beft admit an easy turn into any of the oriental languages , especially the- Chinese . And forI proceed ; with great content of mind , .. upon reflecting how much emolument this whole globe of the ...
Page 84
... use- ful inftrument , a fave - all . For want of which , if the moderns had not lent their affiftance , we might yet have wandered in the dark . But I have still behind , a fault far more notorious to tax this author with ; I mean , his ...
... use- ful inftrument , a fave - all . For want of which , if the moderns had not lent their affiftance , we might yet have wandered in the dark . But I have still behind , a fault far more notorious to tax this author with ; I mean , his ...
Page 85
... use ful engine for catching of owls . All which the judicious : reader will find largely treated on in the feveral parts of this difcourfe . I hold myself obliged to give as much light as is pof- fible , into the beauties and ...
... use ful engine for catching of owls . All which the judicious : reader will find largely treated on in the feveral parts of this difcourfe . I hold myself obliged to give as much light as is pof- fible , into the beauties and ...
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abfolute affiftance againſt alfo ancient anfwer becauſe befides beſt cafe called caufe cauſe Chriftianity church clergy confcience confequence confider confiderable converfation courfe Dean defign defire difcourfe difpute eſtabliſhed faid fame farther fatire fect feems fenfe fent fervant ferve fervice feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince firft firſt fome fometimes foon fpirit ftate ftill fubject fuch fufficient fuppofe fure greateſt guife hath Hawkef himſelf honour houſe inftance intereft itſelf JONATHAN SWIFT juft laft laſt leaft learned leaſt lefs Lord mankind modern moft moſt muft muſt myfteries nature neceffary never obferved occafion Orrery paffages paffed perfon Peter Pindar pleaſe poffible prefent preferve prince publiſhed purpoſe raiſed reader reafon refolved reft religion ſeveral ſhall ſtate Swift thefe themſelves ther theſe things thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion ufually underſtand underſtood univerfal uſe wherein whofe whole Wotton writers