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Page xcvi
AMONG his fingularities , were his resolutions never to wear spectacles ; and his obftinate perfeverance in the use of too much exercise . His want of fpectacles made it difficult to read , and his immoderate exercise wafted his flesh ...
AMONG his fingularities , were his resolutions never to wear spectacles ; and his obftinate perfeverance in the use of too much exercise . His want of fpectacles made it difficult to read , and his immoderate exercise wafted his flesh ...
Page cxxiii
In other places he talks at the fame rate ; and L'Eftrange often uses the like ftyle : and , I believe the reader may find more per- fons to give that paffage an application . But this is e- nough to direct those who may have overlooked ...
In other places he talks at the fame rate ; and L'Eftrange often uses the like ftyle : and , I believe the reader may find more per- fons to give that paffage an application . But this is e- nough to direct those who may have overlooked ...
Page cxxiii
... nor fpeed of that noble animal he would affect to perfonate . IT * Low commentators , who wrote notes upon classic authors for the use of schoolboys . It is another pattern of this anfwerer's fair dealing , xii AN A POL OG Y.
... nor fpeed of that noble animal he would affect to perfonate . IT * Low commentators , who wrote notes upon classic authors for the use of schoolboys . It is another pattern of this anfwerer's fair dealing , xii AN A POL OG Y.
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For this reason it is , that when an author makes his own elogy , he uses a certain form to declare and infift upon ... I have obferved fome fatirifts to use the public much at the rate , that pedants do a naughty boy ready horfed for ...
For this reason it is , that when an author makes his own elogy , he uses a certain form to declare and infift upon ... I have obferved fome fatirifts to use the public much at the rate , that pedants do a naughty boy ready horfed for ...
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... whereof the wisdom of our ancestors being highly fenfible , has , to encourage all afpiring adven- turers , thought fit to erect three wooden machines , for the use of thofe orators who defire to talk much without interruption .
... whereof the wisdom of our ancestors being highly fenfible , has , to encourage all afpiring adven- turers , thought fit to erect three wooden machines , for the use of thofe orators who defire to talk much without interruption .
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| Title | The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift .. Volume 1 of The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift, Jonathan Swift |
| Author | Jonathan Swift |
| Publisher | G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 4 May 2017 |
| Length | 2984 pages |
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