| Jonathan Swift, Thomas Sheridan - Great Britain - 1730 - 284 pages
...towards that Kind of Satyr, which is moft ufeful, and gives the leaft Offence ; which inftead of laming, laughs Men out of their Follies and Vices, and is the Character which gives Horace the Preference to Juvenal. AND although fome Things are too ferious, folemn, or... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1742 - 342 pages
...that Kind of Satyr, •which is moft »feful, and gives the leaft Offence j which, inftead of lafhing, laughs Men out of their Follies, and Vices •, and...gives Horace the Preference to Juvenal. AND, although fome Things are too ferious, folemn, or facred to be turned into Ridicule, yet the Abufes of them are... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1752 - 356 pages
...Kind of Satyr, which is moil ufeful, and gives the leaft Offence ; which, inftead of ladling, laugheth Men out of their Follies, and Vices ; and is the Character that giveth Horace the Preference to Juvenal. AND, although fome Things are too ferious, folemn or facred... | |
| Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1755 - 392 pages
...towards that kind of fatire, which is moft ufeful and gives the leaft offence ; which, inftead of laming, laughs men out of their follies and vices ; and is...gives Horace the preference to Juvenal. And, although fome things are too ferious, folemn, or facred to be turned into ridicule, yet the abufes of them are... | |
| Jonathan Swift - English literature - 1761 - 394 pages
...towards that kind of fatire, which is moft ufeful, and gives the leaft offence; which, inftead of laming, laughs men. out of their follies and vices ; and is...gives Horace the preference to Juvenal. And although fome things are too ferious, folemn, or facted to be turned into ridicule, yet the abufes of them are... | |
| Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1765 - 292 pages
...that kind of fatire, which is moft ufeful, and gives the leaft oifence ; which,, inftead of lammg, laughs men out of their follies and vices ; and is the character, that gives tttract tlie preference to Juvenal. And, And, although fome things are too ferious, folemn, or facred... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1768 - 400 pages
...kind of fatire, which is mofl ufeful and gives the leaft offence : which, inftead o * * of lafhing, laughs men out of their follies and vices ; and is the character that gives Horace the preference to Ju~ vznal. And, although fome things are too ferious, folemn, or (acred, to be turned into ridicule,... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1784 - 514 pages
...that kind of fatire, •which is moft ufeful, and gives the leaft offence ; which, inftead of lalhing, laughs men out of their follies and vices; and is...gives Horace the preference to Juvenal. And, although fome things are too ferious, folemn, or facred, to be turned into ridicule, yet the abufes of them... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 486 pages
...'and 'is the character that grvje^ Horace the preference to Juvenal. And, although some things are1 too serious, solemn, or sacred, to be turned into ridicule, yet the abiisei of them are certainly not ; siricVi^ is allowed thYt corruptions in religion, politick^, 'and... | |
| David Irving - English language - 1803 - 266 pages
...that kind of fatyr, which is molt ufeful, and gives the leaft effence ; which, inftead of laftling, laughs men out of their follies, and vices ; and is...character that gives Horace the preference to Juvenal." The firft of thefe fentenees is unexceptionable, but the laft cannot be commended. — It is certainly... | |
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