 | Jonathan Swift, Thomas Sheridan - 1729 - 236 strani
...^INTELLIGENCER, lp Writer, but without any View towards Perfonal Malice-, the other is zPublick Spirit, prompting Men of Genius and Virtue, to mend the World...innocent, fo the latter is highly commendable. With Re* gard to the former, I demand whether I have not as good a Title to laugh, as Men have to be ridiculous,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Thomas Sheridan - 1730 - 284 strani
...Pleafure of the Writer, but without any View towards Perfonal Malice ; the other is a Publick Spirit, prompting Men of Genius and Virtue, to mend the World, as far as they are able. And as both thefc Ends are innocent, fo the latter is highly commendable. With Regard to the former, I demand whether... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1735 - 374 strani
...Pleafure of the Writer ; but without any View to wards perfonal Malice: The other is a. publick Spirit, prompting Men of Genius and Virtue^ to mend the World...both thefe Ends are innocent, fo the latter is highly tommendable. " " ^. regard to the former, I demand, whether i have not as good a Title to laugh, as... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1742 - 342 strani
...Pleafure of the Writer ; but without any View towards perfonal Malice : The other is a publick Spirit, prompting Men of Genius and Virtue, to mend the World as far as they are able. And as both thele Ends are innocent, fo the latter is highly commendable. With regard to the former, I demand,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1752 - 356 strani
...Pleafure of the Writer ; but without any View towards perfmal Malice : The other is a publick Spirit, .prompting Men of Genius and Virtue, to mend the World as far as they are able. And as both theieEnds are innocent, fo the .latter is highly commendable. With regard to the former, I demand,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1757 - 394 strani
...fpieit, prompting men of genius and virtue to mend the world as fat- as CL-JV are -• i- G gj . . ibk. able. And as both thefe ends are innocent, fo the...is highly commendable. With regard to the former I ticmand, whether 1 have not as good a title to laugh as men have to be ridiculous ; and to expnfe vice,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1761 - 394 strani
...without any view towards perfonal malict : malice: the other is a public fpirit, prompting men of geniut and virtue to mend the world as far as they are able. Ami as both thefe ends are innocent, fo the latter is highly commendable. With regard to the former... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 486 strani
...pleasure of thecwriter ; but without any View toward personal malice : the other is a publick spirit, prompting men of genius and virtue to mend the world as far as they are able. And as both these ends are innocent, so the latter is highly commendable. With regard to the former, I demand,... | |
 | David Irving - 1803 - 266 strani
...fatisfaction, and pleafure of the writer; but without any view towards perfonal malice: the ether is a public fpirit, prompting men of genius and virtue, to mend the world as far as they are able." Public fpirit is uot an end which men propofe in writing fatire : it is one of the motives which impel... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 378 strani
...but without any view toward personal malice : the other is a public spirit, prompting men of genins and virtue to mend the world as far as they are able. And as both these ends are innocent, so the latQe ter is highly commendable. With regard to the former, „, I... | |
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I demand whether I have not as good a Title to Laugh, as Men have to be Ridiculous, and to expose Vice, as another hath to be Vicious. 
