The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Accurately Revised, in Twelve Volumes. Adorned with Copper-plates; with Some Account of the Author's Life, and Notes Historical and Explanatory, Volume 8C. Bathurst, T. Osborne, W. Bowyer, J. Hinton, W. Strahan, B. Collins, J. Rivington, R. Baldwin, L. Davis and C. Reymers, and J. Dodsley., 1765 |
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... person we are speaking of , that , in the high ftation he hath been for many years pat , his real defects ( as nothing human is without them ) have in a detracting age been very sparingly mentioned either in libels or C 3 con ...
... person we are speaking of , that , in the high ftation he hath been for many years pat , his real defects ( as nothing human is without them ) have in a detracting age been very sparingly mentioned either in libels or C 3 con ...
Page 39
... person we would defcribe : and with the abfolute power of altering , adding , or fuppreffing what cir- cumstances we please , I conceive we must have here very bad luck , or very little skill , to fail . However , fome days ago in a cof ...
... person we would defcribe : and with the abfolute power of altering , adding , or fuppreffing what cir- cumstances we please , I conceive we must have here very bad luck , or very little skill , to fail . However , fome days ago in a cof ...
Page 70
... person what- foever . Such defperate acts , and the opinions in- fufed along with them into heads already in- flamed by youth and wine , are enough to fcatter madness and fedition through a whole camp . So feldom upon their knees to ...
... person what- foever . Such defperate acts , and the opinions in- fufed along with them into heads already in- flamed by youth and wine , are enough to fcatter madness and fedition through a whole camp . So feldom upon their knees to ...
Page 72
... persons up to fwelling titles , and great commands over numbers of men , which they are too apt to transfer along with them into civil life , and appear in all companies , as if they were at the head of their regiments , with a fort of ...
... persons up to fwelling titles , and great commands over numbers of men , which they are too apt to transfer along with them into civil life , and appear in all companies , as if they were at the head of their regiments , with a fort of ...
Page 139
... person in the " commonwealth ; you have no male child ; 66 your daughters are all married to wealthy " Patricians ; you are far in the decline of " life , and yet you are deeply ftained with " that odious and ignoble vice of covetouf ...
... person in the " commonwealth ; you have no male child ; 66 your daughters are all married to wealthy " Patricians ; you are far in the decline of " life , and yet you are deeply ftained with " that odious and ignoble vice of covetouf ...
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