The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page 20
... use of thofe orators who defire to talk much without interruption . Thefe are , the pulpit , the ladder , and the Stage - itinerant . For , as to the bar , tho ' it be com- pounded of the fame matter , and defigned for the same ufe , it ...
... use of thofe orators who defire to talk much without interruption . Thefe are , the pulpit , the ladder , and the Stage - itinerant . For , as to the bar , tho ' it be com- pounded of the fame matter , and defigned for the same ufe , it ...
Page 29
... use or value to mankind be- yond the common entertainments of their wit and their ftyle : for thefe I am fure have never yet been difputed by our keenest adverfaries : in both which , as well as the more profound and myftical part , I ...
... use or value to mankind be- yond the common entertainments of their wit and their ftyle : for thefe I am fure have never yet been difputed by our keenest adverfaries : in both which , as well as the more profound and myftical part , I ...
Page 36
... in the church , fuch as were neither for con- venience nor edification , as a fhoulder - knot , in which there is nei- ther symmetry nor use . proaching the ladies ruelles , without the quota of fhoulder- 36 A TALE OF A TUB .
... in the church , fuch as were neither for con- venience nor edification , as a fhoulder - knot , in which there is nei- ther symmetry nor use . proaching the ladies ruelles , without the quota of fhoulder- 36 A TALE OF A TUB .
Page 41
... use to the public . That these rigorous clauses F 3 in + The next fubject of our author's wit , is the gloffes and inter- pretations of Scripture , very many abfurd ones of which are al- lowed in the most authentic books of the church ...
... use to the public . That these rigorous clauses F 3 in + The next fubject of our author's wit , is the gloffes and inter- pretations of Scripture , very many abfurd ones of which are al- lowed in the most authentic books of the church ...
Page 51
... use to thofe worthy spirits who engage in fo ufeful and honourable an art . THE firft is , That criticism , contrary to all other facul- ties of the intellect , is ever held the truest and best , when it is the very first refult of the ...
... use to thofe worthy spirits who engage in fo ufeful and honourable an art . THE firft is , That criticism , contrary to all other facul- ties of the intellect , is ever held the truest and best , when it is the very first refult of the ...
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