The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Vol. 3: Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Excerpt from The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Vol. 3: Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin

Preface nilhes the offender with the lofs of his ears; but has infltc'led no adequate penalty for fuch as prejudice another's reputation in doing the fame thing in print; though all and every individual book, fo fold un~ der a faife name, are manifeilly (0 many feveral and multiplied forgeries.

Indeed we hoped, that the good nature, or at leafi the good judgment of the world, would have cleared us from the imputation of foch things, as had been thus charged upon us by the malice of enemies, the want ofjudgment of friends, the unconcern of indifferent perfons, and the confident aflertions of bookfellers.

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