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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... present inconveniences are the confequence of the very counfels they fo much admire , which would ftill have en- creased if thofe had continued ; and that neither our conftitution in church or ftate could probably have been long ...
... present inconveniences are the confequence of the very counfels they fo much admire , which would ftill have en- creased if thofe had continued ; and that neither our conftitution in church or ftate could probably have been long ...
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... present condi- tion of affairs is admirably defcribed by two verfes in Lucan : Hinc ufura vorax , avidumque in tempore foenus , Hinc concuffa fides , et multis utile bellum . Which , without any great force upon the words , may be thus ...
... present condi- tion of affairs is admirably defcribed by two verfes in Lucan : Hinc ufura vorax , avidumque in tempore foenus , Hinc concuffa fides , et multis utile bellum . Which , without any great force upon the words , may be thus ...
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... of the womb ; and there it is de- livered with a whisper . I know a lye , that now disturbs half the kingdom with its noife , which , although too proud and great at at present to own its parents , I can re- 14 THE EXAMINER . N ° 14 . N° p.
... of the womb ; and there it is de- livered with a whisper . I know a lye , that now disturbs half the kingdom with its noife , which , although too proud and great at at present to own its parents , I can re- 14 THE EXAMINER . N ° 14 . N° p.
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Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth. at present to own its parents , I can re- member its whisper - hood . To conclude the nativity of this monster ; when it comes into the world without a fting , it is ftill- born ; and whenever it lofes ...
Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth. at present to own its parents , I can re- member its whisper - hood . To conclude the nativity of this monster ; when it comes into the world without a fting , it is ftill- born ; and whenever it lofes ...
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... notice of other papers , unless it were fuch , where the ma- lice and falfhood had fo great a mixture of wit and fpirit , as would make them dan- dangerous : which , in the present circle of fcriblers 24 N ° 15 . THE EXAMINER . No:24, p ...
... notice of other papers , unless it were fuch , where the ma- lice and falfhood had fo great a mixture of wit and fpirit , as would make them dan- dangerous : which , in the present circle of fcriblers 24 N ° 15 . THE EXAMINER . No:24, p ...
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