The Works of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift ...C. Bathurst, W. Strahan, 1784 |
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... better than a farmer of a rack - rent to the army , and to the public funds . It may perhaps be worth enquiring , from what beginnings , and by what fteps , we have been brought into this defperate condition and in fearch fearch of this ...
... better than a farmer of a rack - rent to the army , and to the public funds . It may perhaps be worth enquiring , from what beginnings , and by what fteps , we have been brought into this defperate condition and in fearch fearch of this ...
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... better figure , who perhaps , were as well qualified , and much less prejudiced , to judge for themselves . It was this reafon , that moved me to take the matter out of those rough , as well as thofe dirty hands ; to let the remote and ...
... better figure , who perhaps , were as well qualified , and much less prejudiced , to judge for themselves . It was this reafon , that moved me to take the matter out of those rough , as well as thofe dirty hands ; to let the remote and ...
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... which I fhould be glad to hear them ex- plain themselves ' how much better would the fentence closej ? VOL . III . E ministration , ministration , were fo numerous and intolerable , that all N ° 18 . 49 THE EXAMINER .
... which I fhould be glad to hear them ex- plain themselves ' how much better would the fentence closej ? VOL . III . E ministration , ministration , were fo numerous and intolerable , that all N ° 18 . 49 THE EXAMINER .
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... better , which is that of the earth's revolution about the fun . This is found , upon experience , to fave much time and labour , to correct many irregular motions , and is better fuited to the respect due from a planet to a fixed star ...
... better , which is that of the earth's revolution about the fun . This is found , upon experience , to fave much time and labour , to correct many irregular motions , and is better fuited to the respect due from a planet to a fixed star ...
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... by thofe very perfons , from whom they deferved much better quarter , and in whose power they chiefly had put it to use them fo ill . I would would not willingly misrepresent facts ; but I think it 70 . N ° 21 . THE EXAMINER ..
... by thofe very perfons , from whom they deferved much better quarter , and in whose power they chiefly had put it to use them fo ill . I would would not willingly misrepresent facts ; but I think it 70 . N ° 21 . THE EXAMINER ..
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