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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... moft deferving gene- rals : while the profounder politicians have feen pamphlets , where Tacitus and Ma- chiavel have been quoted to fhew the danger of too refplendent a merit . If a ftranger fhould hear thefe furious out - cries of ...
... moft deferving gene- rals : while the profounder politicians have feen pamphlets , where Tacitus and Ma- chiavel have been quoted to fhew the danger of too refplendent a merit . If a ftranger fhould hear thefe furious out - cries of ...
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... moft glorious expedition ; having conquered fome great kingdom , brought the king himself , his family , and nobles , to adorn the triumph in chains ; and made the kingdom either a Roman province , or at best a poor depending ftate in ...
... moft glorious expedition ; having conquered fome great kingdom , brought the king himself , his family , and nobles , to adorn the triumph in chains ; and made the kingdom either a Roman province , or at best a poor depending ftate in ...
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... moft fcandalous ab- uses , that have been committed in all parts of publick management for twenty years paft by a certain fett of men and their inftruments , I should reckon it some fer- vice to my country and posterity . But to say the ...
... moft fcandalous ab- uses , that have been committed in all parts of publick management for twenty years paft by a certain fett of men and their inftruments , I should reckon it some fer- vice to my country and posterity . But to say the ...
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... fwinged off the Examiner ; moft of which I had never feen or heard of before . I remember fome time ago in one of the Tatlers to F 3 have have read a letter , wherein feveral reasons are affigned No 18. THE EXAMINER . 69.
... fwinged off the Examiner ; moft of which I had never feen or heard of before . I remember fome time ago in one of the Tatlers to F 3 have have read a letter , wherein feveral reasons are affigned No 18. THE EXAMINER . 69.
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... the garblers of it ; and these are known to be Collins and Tindal , in conjun- ction witha moft pious lawyer , their difciple . What What fhall we fay to their prodigious fkill in arithmetick 74 THE EXAMINER . N ° 19 .
... the garblers of it ; and these are known to be Collins and Tindal , in conjun- ction witha moft pious lawyer , their difciple . What What fhall we fay to their prodigious fkill in arithmetick 74 THE EXAMINER . N ° 19 .
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