The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, 1. kötetC. Bathurst, 1755 |
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... published at very diftant periods of his life , and had passed through many editions before they were col- tected into volumes , or diftinguished from the productions of contemporary wits , with whom he was known to affociate . The Tale ...
... published at very diftant periods of his life , and had passed through many editions before they were col- tected into volumes , or diftinguished from the productions of contemporary wits , with whom he was known to affociate . The Tale ...
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... published by the Dean in conjunction with Mr. Pope , Dr. Arbuthnot , and Mr. Gay , under the title of Mifcellanies * ; of all thefe pieces , though they were intended to go down to pofterity together † , the dean was not the author , as ...
... published by the Dean in conjunction with Mr. Pope , Dr. Arbuthnot , and Mr. Gay , under the title of Mifcellanies * ; of all thefe pieces , though they were intended to go down to pofterity together † , the dean was not the author , as ...
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... profe fbould be kept feparate ; that the pofthumous and doubtful pieces fhould not be mingled with thofe which the Dean is known to have A 2 pub- published himself ; and that those tracts which are parts THE PREFACE . 3.
... profe fbould be kept feparate ; that the pofthumous and doubtful pieces fhould not be mingled with thofe which the Dean is known to have A 2 pub- published himself ; and that those tracts which are parts THE PREFACE . 3.
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... published upon the fame occafion , which have not only in the Irish edition , but in every other , been fo mixed as to mifreprefent fome facts and obfcure others : Such alfo are the tracts on the Sacramental Teft , which are now first ...
... published upon the fame occafion , which have not only in the Irish edition , but in every other , been fo mixed as to mifreprefent fome facts and obfcure others : Such alfo are the tracts on the Sacramental Teft , which are now first ...
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... published with former editions have for the most part.been retained , because they were fuppofed to have been written , if not by the Dean , yet by fome friend who knew his particular view in the paffage they were intended to illuf ...
... published with former editions have for the most part.been retained , because they were fuppofed to have been written , if not by the Dean , yet by fome friend who knew his particular view in the paffage they were intended to illuf ...
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173. oldal - In the proportion that credulity is a more peaceful possession of the mind than curiosity, so far preferable is that wisdom which converses about the surface to that pretended philosophy which enters into the depth of things, and then comes gravely back with informations and discoveries that in the inside they are good for nothing.
140. oldal - Lords, learn their Titles exactly, and then brag of their Acquaintance. Or Secondly, which is indeed the choicer, the profounder, and politer Method, to get a thorough Insight into the Index, by which the whole Book is governed and turned, like Fishes by the Tail. For, to enter the Palace of Learning at the great Gate, requires an Expence of Time and Forms; therefore Men of much Haste and little Ceremony, are content to get in by the Back-Door.
24. oldal - In the Attic commonwealth,* it was the privilege and birth-right of every citizen and poet to rail aloud, and in public...
4. oldal - Books, like men their authors, have no more than one way of coming into the world, but there are ten thousand to go out of it, and return no more.
245. oldal - ... defence. In this mansion he had for some time dwelt in peace and plenty, without danger to his person by swallows from above, or to his palace by brooms from below : when it was the pleasure of fortune to conduct thither a wandering bee, to whose curiosity a broken pane in the glass had discovered itself, and in he...
57. oldal - 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.
312. oldal - Too intense a contemplation is not the business of flesh and blood; it must by the necessary course of things, in a little time let go its hold and fall into matter. Lovers, for the sake of celestial converse, are but another sort of Platonics who pretend to see stars and heaven in ladies...
246. oldal - I am glad," answered the bee, "to hear you grant at least that I am come honestly by my wings and my voice; for then, it seems, I am obliged to Heaven alone for my flights and my music; and Providence would never have bestowed on me two such gifts without designing them for the noblest ends.
171. oldal - ... whether things that have place in the imagination may not as properly be said to exist as those that are seated in the memory...
45. oldal - Soon after he again endeavoured, with a good deal of pain, to find words; but at last, after many efforts, not being able, he fetched a deep sigh, and was afterwards silent.