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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... , may be as neceffary for them , as it hath been for us . And if our fathers had left us as deeply , involved , as we are likely to leave our children , children , I appeal to any man , what fort N ° 13 . 9 THE EXAMINER .
... , may be as neceffary for them , as it hath been for us . And if our fathers had left us as deeply , involved , as we are likely to leave our children , children , I appeal to any man , what fort N ° 13 . 9 THE EXAMINER .
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... leave to refign , but the pretender is at bottom ; the queen cannot diffolve a parliament , but it is a plot to dethrone herself and bring in the pretender ; half a fcore ftock - jobbers are playing the knave in Exchange - alley , and ...
... leave to refign , but the pretender is at bottom ; the queen cannot diffolve a parliament , but it is a plot to dethrone herself and bring in the pretender ; half a fcore ftock - jobbers are playing the knave in Exchange - alley , and ...
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... leave the matter to those little antagonists , who may want a topick for criticism . Thus much I have discovered , that it is in writ- ing as in building ; where , after all our schemes and calculations , we are mightily deceived in our ...
... leave the matter to those little antagonists , who may want a topick for criticism . Thus much I have discovered , that it is in writ- ing as in building ; where , after all our schemes and calculations , we are mightily deceived in our ...
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... leave no house free from thy “ rapine and lust ? ” etc. This extract , to deal ingenuously , hath coft me more pains , than I think it is worth ; having only ferved to convince me , that modern corruptions are not to be parallelled by ...
... leave no house free from thy “ rapine and lust ? ” etc. This extract , to deal ingenuously , hath coft me more pains , than I think it is worth ; having only ferved to convince me , that modern corruptions are not to be parallelled by ...
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... leave it to the partiality of either party , but to the infallible judgment of my printer . One principal end I defigned by it , was to undeceive thofe well - mean- ing people , who have been drawn una- wares into a wrong fenfe of ...
... leave it to the partiality of either party , but to the infallible judgment of my printer . One principal end I defigned by it , was to undeceive thofe well - mean- ing people , who have been drawn una- wares into a wrong fenfe of ...
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