The Works of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift ...C. Bathurst, W. Strahan, 1784 |
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... of overturning in a finooth even way , and drawn by very gentle horfes ; to be fure , all my fis would immediately lay the fault upon John , be- D 3 caufe * cause they knew he then prefided in my coach- N ° 17 . 37 THE EXAMINER .
... of overturning in a finooth even way , and drawn by very gentle horfes ; to be fure , all my fis would immediately lay the fault upon John , be- D 3 caufe * cause they knew he then prefided in my coach- N ° 17 . 37 THE EXAMINER .
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Jonathan Swift Thomas Sheridan. * cause they knew he then prefided in my coach- box . Again , fuppofe I fhould difcover fome un- eafinefs to find myfelf , I knew not how , over head and ears in debt , although I were fure my tenants paid ...
Jonathan Swift Thomas Sheridan. * cause they knew he then prefided in my coach- box . Again , fuppofe I fhould difcover fome un- eafinefs to find myfelf , I knew not how , over head and ears in debt , although I were fure my tenants paid ...
Page 54
... cause , and fo ruined a faction , were never provided with pens more resembling their condition , or lefs fuited to their occafions . Non tali auxilio , nec defenforibus iflis , ' Tempus eget- This is the more to be wondered at , when ...
... cause , and fo ruined a faction , were never provided with pens more resembling their condition , or lefs fuited to their occafions . Non tali auxilio , nec defenforibus iflis , ' Tempus eget- This is the more to be wondered at , when ...
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... cause . This they used to illustrate by a very apt and decent fimi- litude , of gaming with a fharper ; if you cannot cheat as well as he , you are certainly undone . Another caft of their politicks was , that of en- deavouring to ...
... cause . This they used to illustrate by a very apt and decent fimi- litude , of gaming with a fharper ; if you cannot cheat as well as he , you are certainly undone . Another caft of their politicks was , that of en- deavouring to ...
Page 71
... cause , except a few , whofe fufferings per- haps have atoned for their mistakes ; like men who are content to go about , * for avoiding a gulph or a precipice , but come into the old strait * For avoiding a vulgar mode of expreffion ...
... cause , except a few , whofe fufferings per- haps have atoned for their mistakes ; like men who are content to go about , * for avoiding a gulph or a precipice , but come into the old strait * For avoiding a vulgar mode of expreffion ...
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