The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Zväzok 5J. Johnson, J. Nichols, R. Baldwin, Otridge and Son, J. Sewell, F. and C. Rivington, T. Payne, R. Faulder, G. and J. Robinson, R. Lea, J. Nunn, W. Cuthell, T. Egerton, ... [and 12 others], 1801 |
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... language ; and they think it a work very possible to be com- * This proposal was cavalierly censured by an anonymous writer , supposed to be Mr. Oldmixon , in " Reflections on Dr. Swift's " Letter to the Earl of Oxford , about the ...
... language ; and they think it a work very possible to be com- * This proposal was cavalierly censured by an anonymous writer , supposed to be Mr. Oldmixon , in " Reflections on Dr. Swift's " Letter to the Earl of Oxford , about the ...
Strana 64
... language ) to his friend , as he thought him , the lord treasurer Oxford , but without success ; pre- cision and perspicuity not being in general the favourite objects of ministers , and perhaps still less so of that minister than any ...
... language ) to his friend , as he thought him , the lord treasurer Oxford , but without success ; pre- cision and perspicuity not being in general the favourite objects of ministers , and perhaps still less so of that minister than any ...
Strana 65
... language is ex- tremely imperfect ; that its daily improvements are by no means in proportion to its daily corruptions ; that the pretenders to polish and refine it , have chiefly multiplied abuses and absurdities ; and that in ...
... language is ex- tremely imperfect ; that its daily improvements are by no means in proportion to its daily corruptions ; that the pretenders to polish and refine it , have chiefly multiplied abuses and absurdities ; and that in ...
Strana 66
... language , and endeavouring to make it universal in the kingdom . This at least is the opinion generally received : but your lordship has fully convinced me , that the French tongue made yet a greater progress here under Harry the ...
... language , and endeavouring to make it universal in the kingdom . This at least is the opinion generally received : but your lordship has fully convinced me , that the French tongue made yet a greater progress here under Harry the ...
Strana 67
... language , or the French , will decline as fast as the Roman did , is a question , that would perhaps admit more debate than it is worth . There were many reasons for the corruptions of the last : as , the change of their government to ...
... language , or the French , will decline as fast as the Roman did , is a question , that would perhaps admit more debate than it is worth . There were many reasons for the corruptions of the last : as , the change of their government to ...
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