The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Volume 11Bell, 1907 |
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... thought very highly of his proposal . He had already hinted at what he expands in this pamphlet , in the " Tatler " ( No. 230 ) , where he ridiculed the objectionable methods in vogue in speaking and in writing . So careful a writer as ...
... thought very highly of his proposal . He had already hinted at what he expands in this pamphlet , in the " Tatler " ( No. 230 ) , where he ridiculed the objectionable methods in vogue in speaking and in writing . So careful a writer as ...
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... thought , just then started by accident or occasion , but the result of long reflection ; and I have been confirmed in my senti- ments , by the opinion of some very judicious persons , with whom I consulted . They all agreed , that ...
... thought , just then started by accident or occasion , but the result of long reflection ; and I have been confirmed in my senti- ments , by the opinion of some very judicious persons , with whom I consulted . They all agreed , that ...
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... thoughts of its decay ; and if it were once refined to a certain standard , perhaps there might be ways found out to fix it for ever , or at least till we are invaded and made a conquest by some other state ; and even then our best ...
... thoughts of its decay ; and if it were once refined to a certain standard , perhaps there might be ways found out to fix it for ever , or at least till we are invaded and made a conquest by some other state ; and even then our best ...
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... thought on for ascertaining and fixing our language for ever , after such alterations are made in it as shall be thought requisite . For I am of opinion , it is better a lan- guage should not be wholly perfect , than that it should be ...
... thought on for ascertaining and fixing our language for ever , after such alterations are made in it as shall be thought requisite . For I am of opinion , it is better a lan- guage should not be wholly perfect , than that it should be ...
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... thoughts to such a discouraging employment ; for the best English historian must lie under this mortification , that ... thought very improper from one in my station to one in yours . However , I must venture to affirm , that if genius ...
... thoughts to such a discouraging employment ; for the best English historian must lie under this mortification , that ... thought very improper from one in my station to one in yours . However , I must venture to affirm , that if genius ...
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