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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... perhaps be worth enquiring , from what beginnings and by what steps we have been brought into this desperate condition and in search of this we muft run up as high as the revolution . : Most of the nobility and gentry , who invited over ...
... perhaps be worth enquiring , from what beginnings and by what steps we have been brought into this desperate condition and in search of this we muft run up as high as the revolution . : Most of the nobility and gentry , who invited over ...
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... 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 uninftructed part of ...
... 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 uninftructed part of ...
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... perhaps return their ac- knowledgments , as , out of their zeal for frequent revolutions , they were ready to do to his fuppofed father ; which is a piece of fecret hiftory , that I hope will one day fee the the light ; and I am fure it ...
... perhaps return their ac- knowledgments , as , out of their zeal for frequent revolutions , they were ready to do to his fuppofed father ; which is a piece of fecret hiftory , that I hope will one day fee the the light ; and I am fure it ...
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... perhaps they scare us with the pretender , because they think he may be like some diseases , that come with a fright . Do they not be- lieve , that the queen's prefent miniftry love her majefty , at least as well as fome others loved ...
... perhaps they scare us with the pretender , because they think he may be like some diseases , that come with a fright . Do they not be- lieve , that the queen's prefent miniftry love her majefty , at least as well as fome others loved ...
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... perhaps be afcribed to his wisdom , or per- haps to his complexion . The poffeffion of fome one quality , or a defect in fome other , will extremely damp the people's favour , as well as the love of the foldiers . Besides , this is not ...
... perhaps be afcribed to his wisdom , or per- haps to his complexion . The poffeffion of fome one quality , or a defect in fome other , will extremely damp the people's favour , as well as the love of the foldiers . Besides , this is not ...
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