The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift, Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin. In Thirteen Volumes. ...John Donadlson [sic], London, 1774 |
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... last time I heard from him , was on occafion of his ftrictures on the Dunciad ; fince when , feveral years being elapfed , I have reafon to believe this excellent perfon is either dead , or carried by his vehement thirst for knowledge ...
... last time I heard from him , was on occafion of his ftrictures on the Dunciad ; fince when , feveral years being elapfed , I have reafon to believe this excellent perfon is either dead , or carried by his vehement thirst for knowledge ...
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... last broke out to this purpofe ; " My " dear , I have had many disputes with you upon " this fubject before I was a month gone : we have " but one child , and cannot afford to throw him a- " way upon experiments , I will have my boy ...
... last broke out to this purpofe ; " My " dear , I have had many disputes with you upon " this fubject before I was a month gone : we have " but one child , and cannot afford to throw him a- " way upon experiments , I will have my boy ...
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... last operations of the intellect were very weak in Mar- tin , and almoft totally extinguished in Crambe ; however , he used to lay , that rules of logic are fpectacles to a purblind understanding , and there- fore he refolved to proceed ...
... last operations of the intellect were very weak in Mar- tin , and almoft totally extinguished in Crambe ; however , he used to lay , that rules of logic are fpectacles to a purblind understanding , and there- fore he refolved to proceed ...
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... last he read . But he reckoned it a point of honour never to be vanquished in a difpute ; from which quality he acquired the title of invincible Doctor . While the profeffor of anatomy was de- monftrating to his fon the feveral kinds of ...
... last he read . But he reckoned it a point of honour never to be vanquished in a difpute ; from which quality he acquired the title of invincible Doctor . While the profeffor of anatomy was de- monftrating to his fon the feveral kinds of ...
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... last we fhall fpeak of , who feemeth to be of the true race , is faid by St. Jerome to have met St. Anthony † in a defart , who enquiring the way of him , he fhewed his underftandiug and courtesy by pointing , but would not answer , for ...
... last we fhall fpeak of , who feemeth to be of the true race , is faid by St. Jerome to have met St. Anthony † in a defart , who enquiring the way of him , he fhewed his underftandiug and courtesy by pointing , but would not answer , for ...
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