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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... fhould fo many be found to clofe in with those counfels , who have been ever averse from all overtures towards a peace : but yet there is no great mystery in the matter . Let any man obferve the equipages in this town , he shall find ...
... fhould fo many be found to clofe in with those counfels , who have been ever averse from all overtures towards a peace : but yet there is no great mystery in the matter . Let any man obferve the equipages in this town , he shall find ...
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... fhould perpetu- ally exceed what he was able to impofe annually upon his fubjects ? Neither if the war laft many years longer , do I fee how the next generation will be able to begin another ; which in the courfe of human affairs , and ...
... fhould perpetu- ally exceed what he was able to impofe annually upon his fubjects ? Neither if the war laft many years longer , do I fee how the next generation will be able to begin another ; which in the courfe of human affairs , and ...
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... fhould be deftined for great adventures ; and accordingly we fee it hath been the guardian Spirit of a prevail- ing party for almoft twenty years . It can conquer kingdoms without fighting , and fometimes with the lofs of a battle . It ...
... fhould be deftined for great adventures ; and accordingly we fee it hath been the guardian Spirit of a prevail- ing party for almoft twenty years . It can conquer kingdoms without fighting , and fometimes with the lofs of a battle . It ...
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... fhould be conveyed to them through fuch vehicles as thofe ? For , let fome gen- tlemen think what they pleafe , I cannot C 4 but but fufpect , that the two worthies I first mentioned N ° 15 . 23 THE EXAMINER . N° p 118.
... fhould be conveyed to them through fuch vehicles as thofe ? For , let fome gen- tlemen think what they pleafe , I cannot C 4 but but fufpect , that the two worthies I first mentioned N ° 15 . 23 THE EXAMINER . N° p 118.
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... fhould only have the odds of truth and honefty , which , as I take it , would be an effectual way to filence him for ever . Upon this occafion I cannot forbear a short story of a fanatick farmer , who lived in my neighbourhood , and was ...
... fhould only have the odds of truth and honefty , which , as I take it , would be an effectual way to filence him for ever . Upon this occafion I cannot forbear a short story of a fanatick farmer , who lived in my neighbourhood , and was ...
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