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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... to feed his vices and extravagancies , while there is any thing left . So that if the war continue fome years longer , a landed man will be little better B 3 than than a farmer of a rack - rent to the N ° 13 . 5 THE EXAMINER .
... to feed his vices and extravagancies , while there is any thing left . So that if the war continue fome years longer , a landed man will be little better B 3 than than a farmer of a rack - rent to the N ° 13 . 5 THE EXAMINER .
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... better figure , who perhaps were as well qua- lified , and much less prejudiced , to judge for themselves . It was this reafon , that moved me to take the matter out of thofe rough , as well as thofe dirty hands ; to let the remote and ...
... better figure , who perhaps were as well qua- lified , and much less prejudiced , to judge for themselves . It was this reafon , that moved me to take the matter out of thofe rough , as well as thofe dirty hands ; to let the remote and ...
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... better pens , I fhall , with due re- gard to truth , difcretion , and the safety of my perfon from the men of the new - fan- gled moderation , continue to take all opportunities of letting the mifled part of the people fee , how grofly ...
... better pens , I fhall , with due re- gard to truth , difcretion , and the safety of my perfon from the men of the new - fan- gled moderation , continue to take all opportunities of letting the mifled part of the people fee , how grofly ...
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... better , which is that of the earth's revo- lution about the fun . This is found upon experience to fave much time and labour , to correct many irregular motions , and is better fuited to the refpect due from a planet to a fixed far ...
... better , which is that of the earth's revo- lution about the fun . This is found upon experience to fave much time and labour , to correct many irregular motions , and is better fuited to the refpect due from a planet to a fixed far ...
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... there hath not , I think , in Europe been any fociety of men upon fo unhappy a foot as the clergy of England ; nor more hardly treated by those very perfons , from whom they deserved much better quarter very THE EXAMINER . 93.
... there hath not , I think , in Europe been any fociety of men upon fo unhappy a foot as the clergy of England ; nor more hardly treated by those very perfons , from whom they deserved much better quarter very THE EXAMINER . 93.
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