 I must, with the reader's good leave and patience, have recourse to some points of weight, which the authors of that age have not sufficiently illustrated. For about this time it happened a sect arose, whose tenets obtained and spread very far, especially...  The Tale of a Tub and Other Works - Page 72by Jonathan Swift - 1889 - 448 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 488 pages
...reckoned the most accomplished persons in the town : but all would not suffice, and the ladies aforesaid continued still inflexible. To clear up which difficulty...tenets obtained and spread very far, especially in the grande monde, and among every body of good fashion. They worshiped a sort of idol -f-, who, as their... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 498 pages
...reckoned the most accomplished persons in the town : but all would not suffice, and the ladies aforesaid continued still inflexible. To clear up which difficulty...tenets obtained and spread very far,, especially in the grande monde, and among every body of good fashion. They worshiped a sort of idol -f-, who, as their... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1803 - 346 pages
...the most accom-1 plished persons in the town : but all would not suffice, and the ladies aforesaid continued still inflexible. To clear up which difficulty...whose tenets obtained and spread very far, .especially iu the granJc monde, and among every body of good fashion. They worshiped a sort of idol -f-, who,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 500 pages
...reckoned the most accomplished persons in the town : but all would not suffice, and the ladies aforesaid continued still inflexible. To clear up which difficulty...arose |, whose tenets obtained and spread very far, espe* A noted Tavern. N. -f See p. 235. J This is an occasional satire upon dress and fashion in order... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, William Wotton - 1811 - 390 pages
...reckoned the most accomplished persons in the town. But all would not suffice, and the ladies aforesaid continued still inflexible. To clear up which difficulty,...very far, especially in the grand monde, and among every body of good fashion*. They worshipped a sort of idol^-, who, as their doctrine delivered, did... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, William Wotton - English literature - 1812 - 250 pages
...corruptions of christianity. \V. WOTTON. but all would not suffice, and the ladies aforesaid contimt ed still inflexible. To clear up which difficulty, I...tenets obtained and spread very far, especially in the grande mantle, and among every body of good fashion. They worshipped a sort of idol ;f who, as their... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 448 pages
...reckoned the most accomplished persons in the town : but all would not suffice, and the ladies aforesaid continued still inflexible. To clear up which difficulty...tenets obtained and spread very far, especially in the grande monde, and among every body of good fashion. They worshiped a sort of idol, •(• who, as... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 446 pages
...reckoned the most accomplished persons in the town : but all would not suffice, and the ladies aforesaid continued still inflexible. To clear up which difficulty...illustrated. For, about this time it happened a sect arose, * Avhose tenets obtained and spread very far, especially in the grande monde, and among every body... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1823 - 342 pages
...reckoned the most accomplished persons in the town. But all would not suffice, and the ladies aforesaid continued still inflexible. To clear up which difficulty,...very far, especially in the grand monde, and among every body of good fashion*. They worshipped a sort of idol t, who, as their doctrine delivered, did... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1824 - 458 pages
...reckoned the most accomplished persons in the town : but all would not suffice, and the ladies aforesaid continued still inflexible. To clear up which difficulty...authors of that age have not sufficiently illustrated. A noted tavern. t See p. 72. note. For, about this time it happened a sect arose,* whose tenets obtained... | |
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