 I have therefore since thought of another expedient, frequently practised with great safety and success by satirical writers; which is, that of looking into history for some character bearing a resemblance to the person we would describe; and, with the...  The Examiner [and political tracts - Σελίδα 29των Jonathan Swift - 1801Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1754 - 432 σελίδες
...EXAMINER. N° 17. bad luck, or very little fkill, to fail. However, fome days ago in a coffee-houfe looking into one of the politick weekly papers, I found the writer had fallen into this fcheme ; and I happened to light on that part, where he was defcribing a perfon, who from fmall beginnings... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1765 - 320 σελίδες
...muft have here very bad luck, or very little fkill, to fail. However, fome days ago ma coffee-houfe looking into one of the politick weekly papers, I found the writer had fallen into this fcheme ; and I happened to light on that part, where he was describing a perfon, who from finall beginnings... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1803 - 340 σελίδες
...writers; which is, that of looking into history for some character bearing a resemblance to the person w\: would describe; and with the absolute power of altering,...or very little skill, to fail. However, some days a^o in a coffee-house looking into one of the politick weekly papers, I found the writer had fallen... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 468 σελίδες
...frequently practised with great safety and success by satirical writers; which is, that of looking into history for some character bearing a resemblance...days ago in a coffee-house, looking into one of the politic weekly papers, I found the writer had fallen into this scheme; and I happened to light on that... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1824 - 540 σελίδες
...frequently practised with great safety and success by satirical writers ; which is, that of looking into history for some character bearing a resemblance to the person we * In the youth of William Earl Cowper, (lord high chancellor under Godolphin's administration,) he... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1900 - 370 σελίδες
...frequently practised with great safety and success by satirical writers : which is, that of looking into history for some character bearing a resemblance...; and with the absolute power of altering, adding 1 Godolphin, Lord -Treasurer, nicknamed Volpone. IT. S.] 2 Charles, Earl of Sunderland, and Henry Boyle... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1902 - 398 σελίδες
...frequently practised with great safety and success by satirical writers : which is, that of looking into history for some character bearing a resemblance...; and with the absolute power of altering, adding 1 Godolphin, Lord-Treasurer, nicknamed Volpone. |[TS] 2 Charles, Earl of Sunderland, and Henry Boyle... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1922 - 368 σελίδες
...frequently practised with great safety and success by satirical writers : which is, that of looking into history for some character bearing a resemblance...describe; and with the absolute power of altering, adding 1 Godolphin, Lord-Treasurer, nicknamed Volpone. I[TS] 2 Charles, Earl of Sunderland, and Henry Boyle... | |
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