The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volume 8C. Bathurst, C. Davis, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. Hodges, R. and J. Dodsley, and W. Bowyer., 1754 |
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... shall find the greater number of thofe , who make a figure , to be a fpecies of men quite different from any , that were ever known before the revolution ; con- fifting either of generals and colonels , or of those , whose whole ...
... shall find the greater number of thofe , who make a figure , to be a fpecies of men quite different from any , that were ever known before the revolution ; con- fifting either of generals and colonels , or of those , whose whole ...
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... shall be found of any ufe , without entering into the violences of either party . Confidering the many grievous mifreprefentations of persons and things , it is highly requifite at this juncture , that the people through- out the ...
... shall be found of any ufe , without entering into the violences of either party . Confidering the many grievous mifreprefentations of persons and things , it is highly requifite at this juncture , that the people through- out the ...
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... shall again . Another topick of great ufe to these weekly inflamers is the young pretender in France , to whom their whole party is in a high measure indebted for all their greatnefs ; and whenever it lies in their power , they may ...
... shall again . Another topick of great ufe to these weekly inflamers is the young pretender in France , to whom their whole party is in a high measure indebted for all their greatnefs ; and whenever it lies in their power , they may ...
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... or the garter , which the queen bestowed upon the general in the beginning of her reign ; but I shall come to more fubftantial inftances , and D 4 mention mention nothing , which hath not been given in the No 16. THE EXAMINER . 39 N° p 297.
... or the garter , which the queen bestowed upon the general in the beginning of her reign ; but I shall come to more fubftantial inftances , and D 4 mention mention nothing , which hath not been given in the No 16. THE EXAMINER . 39 N° p 297.
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... shall not be objected , that the criminal was not produced , or that there wanted an ora- tor to accufe him . This man , my lords , " hath publickly faid , that those ought to be afraid of accufations , who have only robbed enough for ...
... shall not be objected , that the criminal was not produced , or that there wanted an ora- tor to accufe him . This man , my lords , " hath publickly faid , that those ought to be afraid of accufations , who have only robbed enough for ...
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