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" I do therefore affirm upon the word of a sincere man, that there is now actually in being a certain poet, called John Dryden, whose translation of Virgil was lately printed in a large folio, well bound, and if diligent search were made, for aught... "
The Works ...: With the Author's Life and Character, Notes [etc.] In Eight ... - Page 25
by Jonathan Swift - 1761
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A Tale of a Tub: Written for the Uiversal Improvement of Mankind...

Jonathan Swift - 1705 - 342 pages
...this Minute I am writing : What Revolutions may happen before it fliail be ready for Your Perufal, I can by no means warrant; However, I beg You to accept it as a Specimen of our Learning, our Politenefs and o.ur - • our Wit. I do therefore affirm upon the Word...
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The Works of D. Jonathan Swift: In Nine Volumes, Volume 9

Jonathan Swift - 1752 - 242 pages
...this Minute I am writing. What Revolutions may happen before it fhall be ready for your Perufal, Ican by no Means warrant. However) I beg you to accept it as a Specimen of our Learning, our Polite-- nefs, and our Wit. I do therefore affirm, upon theWord of a...
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The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volume 1

Jonathan Swift - 1755 - 514 pages
...this minute I am writing : what revolutions may liappen before it fhall be ready for your perufal, I can by no means warrant : however, I beg you to accept...our wit. I do therefore affirm upon the word of a iincere man, that there is now adually in being a certain poet, called *John Dryderi^ whofe tranflation...
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The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...

Jonathan Swift - 1757 - 470 pages
...this minute I am writing. What revolutions- may happen before it fhall be ready for your perufal, I can by no means warrant. However, I beg you to accept...and our wit. I do therefore affirm, upon the word ef a fincere man, that there is now aftually in being a certain poet, called John Dryden,. whofe tranflation...
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The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volume 1

Jonathan Swift - 1768 - 500 pages
...this minute I am writing: what revolutions may happen before* .it {hall be ready for ydurperufal, I can by no means warrant : however) I beg you to accept...there is now actually in being a certain poet, called John Dryden^ whofe tranflation of Firgil was lately printed in a large folio, well bound, and if diligent...
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The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift, Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin. In Thirteen ...

Jonathan Swift - 1774 - 376 pages
...this minute I am writing. What revolutions may happen before it fhall be ready for your perufal, I can by no means warrant: however, I beg you to accept...politenefs, and our wit, I do therefore affirm, upon the the word of a fincere man, that there is now acVua]Jy in being a certain poet, called John Dryden,...
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The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin ..., Volume 1

Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1784 - 470 pages
...this minufe I am writing. What revolutions may happen before it fhall be ready for your perufal, I can by no means warrant : However, I beg you to accept...there is now actually in being, a certain poet called John Dryden, whofe tranflation of Virgil was lately printed in a large folio, well bound, an,d, if...
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The Works of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift ...

Jonathan Swift - 1784 - 474 pages
...means warrant : however, I beg you to accept accept it as a fpecimen of our learning, our politertefs, and our wit; I do therefore affirm upon the word of...there is now actually in being a certain poet, called John Dryden, whofe tranflation of Virgil was lately printed in a large folio, well bound, and if diligent...
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Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Volume 60, Part 2

Early English newspapers - 1790 - 714 pages
...his Dedication i>f his Talc of a Tub to Prince Pofterity : " 1 Jo affirm, upon the Word of a firicere Man, that there is now actually in Being a certain Poet, called John Dryden, whofs Tranfl.uion of Virgil was lately printed in a targe Folio, well- bound, and, if...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume 4

Alexander Pope - English literature - 1797 - 472 pages
...feverely, but with exquifite irony indeed, in the dedication of the Tale of a Tub to Prince Pofterity, " upon the word of a fincere man, that there is now actually in being a certain poet, called John Dryden, whofe translation of Virgil was lately printed in a large folio, well bound, and, if diligent...
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