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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... thought it was the mark of a low and narrow fpirit . It is hard , that for fome weeks paft I have been forced , in my own defence , to follow a proceeding that I have fo much condemned in others . But feveral of my acquaintance , among ...
... thought it was the mark of a low and narrow fpirit . It is hard , that for fome weeks paft I have been forced , in my own defence , to follow a proceeding that I have fo much condemned in others . But feveral of my acquaintance , among ...
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... thought of a good repartee , when the difcourfe is changed , or the company par ei ; or like a phyfician , who had found out an infallible medicine , after the patient is dead . .61 Confidering that natural disposition in many men to ...
... thought of a good repartee , when the difcourfe is changed , or the company par ei ; or like a phyfician , who had found out an infallible medicine , after the patient is dead . .61 Confidering that natural disposition in many men to ...
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... thought him a match for the farmer . They difputed at feveral houses , with a ring of fervants and other people always about them ; where Ned explained his texts fo full and clear to the ca- pacity of his audience , and fhewed the infig ...
... thought him a match for the farmer . They difputed at feveral houses , with a ring of fervants and other people always about them ; where Ned explained his texts fo full and clear to the ca- pacity of his audience , and fhewed the infig ...
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... thought , were beft able to inform me ; and if I deliver my fentiments with fome free- dom , I hope it will be forgiven , while I ac- company it with that tenderness , which so nice a point requires . I faid in a former paper ( Number ...
... thought , were beft able to inform me ; and if I deliver my fentiments with fome free- dom , I hope it will be forgiven , while I ac- company it with that tenderness , which so nice a point requires . I faid in a former paper ( Number ...
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... thought fomewhere else than throw up all in defpair . And this I cannot but add , in defence of the people with regard to the person we are speaking of , that , in the high ftation he hath been for many years pat , his real defects ( as ...
... thought fomewhere else than throw up all in defpair . And this I cannot but add , in defence of the people with regard to the person we are speaking of , that , in the high ftation he hath been for many years pat , his real defects ( as ...
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