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 xliii
... fame ufe in , any period of equal length fince it was firft built . He was a faithful guardian of the rights of his deanry , and e- ven determined to affert his right of abfence . against the Archbishop of Dublin , at the ex- pence ...
... fame ufe in , any period of equal length fince it was firft built . He was a faithful guardian of the rights of his deanry , and e- ven determined to affert his right of abfence . against the Archbishop of Dublin , at the ex- pence ...
Page xlv
... fame time , to encourage industry , even in the loweft ftation , he ufed regularly to vifit a great number of poor , chiefly women , as well in the public streets , as in the bye allies , and under the arches of Dublin . If he was not ...
... fame time , to encourage industry , even in the loweft ftation , he ufed regularly to vifit a great number of poor , chiefly women , as well in the public streets , as in the bye allies , and under the arches of Dublin . If he was not ...
Page xlvii
... fame principles . Swift was naturally temperate and chaste , it was therefore eafy for him to be frugal ; but he was ... fame fpirit which fecured his integrity , by difdaining the . meannels of a lie , produced that dread of hypocrify ...
... fame principles . Swift was naturally temperate and chaste , it was therefore eafy for him to be frugal ; but he was ... fame fpirit which fecured his integrity , by difdaining the . meannels of a lie , produced that dread of hypocrify ...
Page liii
... fame fpeech to him , " he told me he did not understand such usage ; and fo walked off without his dinner . By the fame to- " ken , I told the gentleman who recommended him " to me , that the fellow was a blockhead , and I had " done ...
... fame fpeech to him , " he told me he did not understand such usage ; and fo walked off without his dinner . By the fame to- " ken , I told the gentleman who recommended him " to me , that the fellow was a blockhead , and I had " done ...
Page lxvii
... fame time that I fay this , I think every man of wit has a right to laugh at fools , who give offence , and at coxcombs , who are public nuifances . Swift indeed has left no weapon of far- casm untried , no branch of fatire uncultivated ...
... fame time that I fay this , I think every man of wit has a right to laugh at fools , who give offence , and at coxcombs , who are public nuifances . Swift indeed has left no weapon of far- casm untried , no branch of fatire uncultivated ...
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