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... misrepresented them . But wit can stand its ground against truth only a little while . The honours due to learning have been justly distri- buted by the decision of posterity . " The Battle of the Books " is so like A 4 SWIFT . 11.
... misrepresented them . But wit can stand its ground against truth only a little while . The honours due to learning have been justly distri- buted by the decision of posterity . " The Battle of the Books " is so like A 4 SWIFT . 11.
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... learning , be able to find another subject so calculated , in all points , whereon to display their abili ties ? What wonderful productions of wit should we be deprived of from those , whose genius , by continual practice , hath been ...
... learning , be able to find another subject so calculated , in all points , whereon to display their abili ties ? What wonderful productions of wit should we be deprived of from those , whose genius , by continual practice , hath been ...
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... learning among the men , and of elegance among the women . Mrs. Johnson had left the country , and lived in lodgings not . far from the deanery . On his public days she regulated the table , but appeared at it as a mere guest , like ...
... learning among the men , and of elegance among the women . Mrs. Johnson had left the country , and lived in lodgings not . far from the deanery . On his public days she regulated the table , but appeared at it as a mere guest , like ...
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... learning , and some women of elegance , often visited him ; and he wrote from time to time either verse or prose ; of his verses he willingly gave copies , and is supposed to have felt no discontent when he saw them printed . His ...
... learning , and some women of elegance , often visited him ; and he wrote from time to time either verse or prose ; of his verses he willingly gave copies , and is supposed to have felt no discontent when he saw them printed . His ...
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... learning . He pays no court to the passions ; he excites neither surprise nor ad- miration ; he always understands himself , and his reader always understands him ; the peruser of Swift wants little previous knowledge ; it will be ...
... learning . He pays no court to the passions ; he excites neither surprise nor ad- miration ; he always understands himself , and his reader always understands him ; the peruser of Swift wants little previous knowledge ; it will be ...
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