The Works of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift ...C. Bathurst, W. Strahan, 1784 |
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... present incon- veniences , are the confequence of the very coun- fels they fo much admire , which would ftill have encreafed , if thofe had continued ; and that neither our conftitution in church or ftate , could probably have been long ...
... present incon- veniences , are the confequence of the very coun- fels they fo much admire , which would ftill have encreafed , 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 described by two verfes in Lucan : Hinc ufura vorax , avidumque in tempore fœnus , Hine concuffa fides , et multis utile bellum : B 3 which , which , without any great force upon the words , N ...
... present condi- tion of affairs is admirably described by two verfes in Lucan : Hinc ufura vorax , avidumque in tempore fœnus , Hine concuffa fides , et multis utile bellum : B 3 which , which , without any great force upon the words , N ...
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... present to own its parents , I can remember its whisper - hood . To conclude the nativity of this monster ; when it comes into the world without a fting , it is still- born ; and whenever it lofes its fting , it dies . No wonder if an ...
... present to own its parents , I can remember its whisper - hood . To conclude the nativity of this monster ; when it comes into the world without a fting , it is still- born ; and whenever it lofes its fting , it dies . No wonder if an ...
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... present majefty is heir to the furvivor of the late king and queen her fifter is not that an hereditary right ? What need we explain it any farther I have known an article of faith ex- pounded in much loofer and more general terms , and ...
... present majefty is heir to the furvivor of the late king and queen her fifter is not that an hereditary right ? What need we explain it any farther I have known an article of faith ex- pounded in much loofer and more general terms , and ...
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... present and the ingratitude of the nation lies in the people's joining as one man to wish , that fuch a ministry should be changed . Is it not at the fame time notorious to the whole kingdom , that nothing but a tender regard to the ...
... present and the ingratitude of the nation lies in the people's joining as one man to wish , that fuch a ministry should be changed . Is it not at the fame time notorious to the whole kingdom , that nothing but a tender regard to the ...
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