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 31
... reason to doubt ; particularly , that , where I am not understood , it fhall be concluded , that fomething very ufeful and profound is couched underneath ; and again , that what- ever word or fentence is printed in a different character ...
... reason to doubt ; particularly , that , where I am not understood , it fhall be concluded , that fomething very ufeful and profound is couched underneath ; and again , that what- ever word or fentence is printed in a different character ...
Page 33
... reason I muft needs bear a true honour to this large eminent fect of our Bri- tifh writers . And I hope , this little panegyric will not be offenfive to their ears , fince it has the advantage of being only defigned for themfelves ...
... reason I muft needs bear a true honour to this large eminent fect of our Bri- tifh writers . And I hope , this little panegyric will not be offenfive to their ears , fince it has the advantage of being only defigned for themfelves ...
Page 101
... reasons , and others of equal weight , the wife Eo- lifts affirm the gift of BELCHING to be the noblest act of a rational creature . To cultivate which art , and ren- der it more serviceable to mankind , they made use of se- veral ...
... reasons , and others of equal weight , the wife Eo- lifts affirm the gift of BELCHING to be the noblest act of a rational creature . To cultivate which art , and ren- der it more serviceable to mankind , they made use of se- veral ...
Page 104
... reason , reflecting upon the fum of things , can , like the fun , ferve only to enlighten one half of the globe , leaving the other half by neceffity under fhade and darkness ; or whether fancy , flying up to the imagination of what is ...
... reason , reflecting upon the fum of things , can , like the fun , ferve only to enlighten one half of the globe , leaving the other half by neceffity under fhade and darkness ; or whether fancy , flying up to the imagination of what is ...
Page 151
... reasons " that all the world is pleased to use in fo hopeful a " difpute . " At this , the Spider , having fwelled himself into the fize and pofture of a difputant , began his argu- ment in the true fpirit of controverfy , with ...
... reasons " that all the world is pleased to use in fo hopeful a " difpute . " At this , the Spider , having fwelled himself into the fize and pofture of a difputant , began his argu- ment in the true fpirit of controverfy , with ...
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