The Works ...: With the Author's Life and Character, Notes [etc.] In Eight Volumes, Volumen1A. Donaldson, 1761 |
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... reader's perufal . To this preface we have added fome occafional notes , from which the agreement and diver- fity of the two editions will appear . ΤΗ HE works of Dr JONATHAN SWIFT were writ- ten and published at very diftant periods of ...
... reader's perufal . To this preface we have added fome occafional notes , from which the agreement and diver- fity of the two editions will appear . ΤΗ HE works of Dr JONATHAN SWIFT were writ- ten and published at very diftant periods of ...
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... reader will have the whole in his poffeffion , he may purfue either the grave or the gay with very little trouble , and without lofing any pleasure or intelligence which he would have gain- ed from a different arrangement f . Among the ...
... reader will have the whole in his poffeffion , he may purfue either the grave or the gay with very little trouble , and without lofing any pleasure or intelligence which he would have gain- ed from a different arrangement f . Among the ...
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... reader to judge of the merit and proprie- ty of the difcarded lines , now replaced , they are these following . lines Pag . Vol . 6. 221 . 226 . 14. 15 . 183-188 . 281-298 . 303. - 306.- 311 312 . 230 231 . ib . 232 . ib . 233 . 371-382 ...
... reader to judge of the merit and proprie- ty of the difcarded lines , now replaced , they are these following . lines Pag . Vol . 6. 221 . 226 . 14. 15 . 183-188 . 281-298 . 303. - 306.- 311 312 . 230 231 . ib . 232 . ib . 233 . 371-382 ...
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... reader , and the want is generally com- plained of : yet no former edition of Swift's works has an index . Therefore , to fupply fo material a defect , three indexes are annexed . The firft is of the titles of the pieces in profe ; the ...
... reader , and the want is generally com- plained of : yet no former edition of Swift's works has an index . Therefore , to fupply fo material a defect , three indexes are annexed . The firft is of the titles of the pieces in profe ; the ...
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... reader , and will , it is hoped , afford both delight and instruction . Dr. JONATHAN SWIFT was defcended from a younger branch of an ancient family of that name in Yorkshire . But the account of his family fhall be as fhort as pof ...
... reader , and will , it is hoped , afford both delight and instruction . Dr. JONATHAN SWIFT was defcended from a younger branch of an ancient family of that name in Yorkshire . But the account of his family fhall be as fhort as pof ...
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Página 313 - But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came •where he was ; and when he saw him he had compassion on him...
Página 313 - A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. And by chance there came down a certain priest that way : and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
Página 314 - Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves ? And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him. Go, and do thou likewise.
Página 313 - Thou fhalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy foul, and with all thy ftrength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyfelf.
Página 194 - For it is confidently reported, that two young gentlemen of real hopes, bright wit, and profound judgment, who, upon a thorough examination of causes and effects, and by the mere force of natural abilities, without the least tincture of learning...
Página 194 - To offer at the restoring of that, would indeed be a wild project: it would be to dig up foundations ; to destroy at one blow all the wit, and half the learning of the kingdom ; to break the entire frame and constitution of things; to ruin trade, extinguish arts and sciences, with the professors of them; in short, to turn our courts, exchanges, and shops into deserts...
Página 25 - I do therefore affirm upon the word of a sincere man, that there is now actually in being a certain poet, called John Dryden, whose translation of Virgil was lately printed in a large folio, well bound, and if diligent search were made, for aught...
Página 51 - ... in the posture of a Persian emperor, sitting on a superficies, with his legs interwoven under him. This god had a goose for his ensign : whence it is that some learned men pretend to deduce his original from Jupiter Capitolinus.
Página 52 - These postulata being admitted, it will follow in due course of reasoning that those beings, which the world calls improperly suits of clothes, are in reality the most refined species of animals ; or, to proceed higher, that they are rational creatures, or men.
Página 314 - But a certain Samaritan as he journeyed came where he was, and when he saw him he had compassion on him and went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn and took care of him.