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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... causes , its fymp- toms , and its confequences ; and prove a great example to illustrate the maxim I lately mentioned ; that truth ( however , fometimes late ) will at last prevail . NUM- C 3 NUMBER XV . Thursday , November 16 , 1710 ...
... causes , its fymp- toms , and its confequences ; and prove a great example to illustrate the maxim I lately mentioned ; that truth ( however , fometimes late ) will at last prevail . NUM- C 3 NUMBER XV . Thursday , November 16 , 1710 ...
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... cause , which the QUEEN and both houfes of parliament , and nine parts in ten of the kingdom , have fo unanimoufly embraced ? I am cruelly afraid , we politick authors must begin to leffen our expences , and lie for the future at the ...
... cause , which the QUEEN and both houfes of parliament , and nine parts in ten of the kingdom , have fo unanimoufly embraced ? I am cruelly afraid , we politick authors must begin to leffen our expences , and lie for the future at the ...
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... cause , and fo ruined a faction , were never provided with pens more refembling their condition , or less fuited to their occafions . Non tali auxilio , nec defenforibus iftis , Tempus eget This This is the more to be wondered at , when ...
... cause , and fo ruined a faction , were never provided with pens more refembling their condition , or less fuited to their occafions . Non tali auxilio , nec defenforibus iftis , Tempus eget This This is the more to be wondered at , when ...
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... cause . This they used to illuftrate by a very apt and decent fimili- tude of gaming with a fharper ; if you cannot cheat as well as he , you are cer- tainly undone . Another caft of their politicks was that of endeavouring to impeach ...
... cause . This they used to illuftrate by a very apt and decent fimili- tude of gaming with a fharper ; if you cannot cheat as well as he , you are cer- tainly undone . Another caft of their politicks was that of endeavouring to impeach ...
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... cause to such wise , impartial judges ; who might otherwise fall under the flavery of believing by education and prejudice . Sixthly , Because nothing fo much di- stracts the thoughts , as too great variety of fubjects , therefore they ...
... cause to such wise , impartial judges ; who might otherwise fall under the flavery of believing by education and prejudice . Sixthly , Because nothing fo much di- stracts the thoughts , as too great variety of fubjects , therefore they ...
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