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 xlvi
... natural equity of his mind . fecured him against envy . He cultivated ge- nius wherever he found it , and in whatever degree , with great zeal and affiduity , and would frequently spend much time in correcting and improving any literary ...
... natural equity of his mind . fecured him against envy . He cultivated ge- nius wherever he found it , and in whatever degree , with great zeal and affiduity , and would frequently spend much time in correcting and improving any literary ...
Page xlvii
... hypocrify which concealed his piety , and be trayed him into appearances of evil : and the fame want of natural tenderness which made VOL . I. e hi n him obdurate and auftere , transferred the di- ftribution of DR . xlvii SWIFT .
... hypocrify which concealed his piety , and be trayed him into appearances of evil : and the fame want of natural tenderness which made VOL . I. e hi n him obdurate and auftere , transferred the di- ftribution of DR . xlvii SWIFT .
Page lxvi
... nature itself . Poli- tics were his favourite topic , as they gave him an op- portunity of gratifying his ambition , and thirft of power : yet in this road he has feldom continued long in one path . He has written miscellaneoufly , and ...
... nature itself . Poli- tics were his favourite topic , as they gave him an op- portunity of gratifying his ambition , and thirft of power : yet in this road he has feldom continued long in one path . He has written miscellaneoufly , and ...
Page 7
... nature , to turn into ridicule , by a week's labour , a work , which had coft fo much time , and met with fo much fuccefs in ridi culing others . The manner how he handled his subject , I have now forgot ; having juft looked it over ...
... nature , to turn into ridicule , by a week's labour , a work , which had coft fo much time , and met with fo much fuccefs in ridi culing others . The manner how he handled his subject , I have now forgot ; having juft looked it over ...
Page 13
... nature , so humour is the most agreeable ; and where thefe two enter far into the compofition of any work , they will render it always ac- ceptable to the world . Now , the great part of thofe who have no share or taste of either , but ...
... nature , so humour is the most agreeable ; and where thefe two enter far into the compofition of any work , they will render it always ac- ceptable to the world . Now , the great part of thofe who have no share or taste of either , but ...
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