The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Including the Whole of His Posthumous Pieces, Letters, &c, Volume 9C. Elliot, 1766 |
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... hath been longer and more converfant in books than any of the three , as well as more voluminous in his productions : however , having employed his ftu- dies in fo great a variety of other subjects , he hath , I think , but lately ...
... hath been longer and more converfant in books than any of the three , as well as more voluminous in his productions : however , having employed his ftu- dies in fo great a variety of other subjects , he hath , I think , but lately ...
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... hath yet other qualities enough to denominate him a writer of a fuperior clafs to either ; provided he would a little regard the pro- priety and difpofition of his words , confult the grammatical part , and get fome information in the ...
... hath yet other qualities enough to denominate him a writer of a fuperior clafs to either ; provided he would a little regard the pro- priety and difpofition of his words , confult the grammatical part , and get fome information in the ...
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... hath been published these twenty years . What needy writer would not folicit to work under fuch mafters , who will pay us before hand , take off as much of our ware as we please at our own rates , and trouble not themselves to examine ...
... hath been published these twenty years . What needy writer would not folicit to work under fuch mafters , who will pay us before hand , take off as much of our ware as we please at our own rates , and trouble not themselves to examine ...
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... hath borrowed this expreffion from fome writer , who probably understood the words ; but this gentleman hath altogether mifapplied them ; and , under favour , he is wholly mistaken ; for a heap of extracts from feveral acts of ...
... hath borrowed this expreffion from fome writer , who probably understood the words ; but this gentleman hath altogether mifapplied them ; and , under favour , he is wholly mistaken ; for a heap of extracts from feveral acts of ...
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... hath made a comment upon the acts of fettlement , which he lays before them , and conjures them to recommend in their writ- ings and difcourfes to their fellow - fubjects : and he doth all this , out of a just deference to their great ...
... hath made a comment upon the acts of fettlement , which he lays before them , and conjures them to recommend in their writ- ings and difcourfes to their fellow - fubjects : and he doth all this , out of a just deference to their great ...
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