The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin ...W. Bowyer, C. Bathurst, W. Owen, W. Strahan, J. Rivington, J. Hinton, L. Davis, and C. Reymers, R. Baldwin, J. Dodsley, S. Crowder and Company and B. Collins., 1768 |
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... see it hath been the guardian spirit of a prevail- ing party for almost twenty years . conquer kingdoms without fighting , and fometimes with the lofs of a battle . It gives and refumes employments ; can fink a mountain to a mole - hill ...
... see it hath been the guardian spirit of a prevail- ing party for almost twenty years . conquer kingdoms without fighting , and fometimes with the lofs of a battle . It gives and refumes employments ; can fink a mountain to a mole - hill ...
Page 16
... see- ing lyes , as they have in Scotland for feeing fpirits , how admirably he might entertain himself in this town , by obferving the dif- ferent shapes , fizes , and colours of thofe fwarms of lyes , which buzz about the heads of fome ...
... see- ing lyes , as they have in Scotland for feeing fpirits , how admirably he might entertain himself in this town , by obferving the dif- ferent shapes , fizes , and colours of thofe fwarms of lyes , which buzz about the heads of fome ...
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... their zeal for frequent revolutions , they were ready to do to his fuppofed father ; which is a piece of fecret biflory , that I hope will one day see the the light ; and I am fure it fhall , 30 THE EXAMINER . N ° 15 . N°
... their zeal for frequent revolutions , they were ready to do to his fuppofed father ; which is a piece of fecret biflory , that I hope will one day see the the light ; and I am fure it fhall , 30 THE EXAMINER . N ° 15 . N°
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... see a feather under him , imputed the uneafinefs of his lodging to that . I remember likewife the ftory of a giant in Rabelais , who used to feed upon wind - mills ; but was unfortunately choaked with a small lump of fresh butter before ...
... see a feather under him , imputed the uneafinefs of his lodging to that . I remember likewife the ftory of a giant in Rabelais , who used to feed upon wind - mills ; but was unfortunately choaked with a small lump of fresh butter before ...
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... see there ftill were fome remains of a noble spirit among them ; for when Cæfar fent to be chofen conful , notwithstanding his absence , they decreed he should come in perfon , give up his command , and petere more ma- jorum . It is not ...
... see there ftill were fome remains of a noble spirit among them ; for when Cæfar fent to be chofen conful , notwithstanding his absence , they decreed he should come in perfon , give up his command , and petere more ma- jorum . It is not ...
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Page 308 - Whig, that the more revolutions the better ; which, how odd a maxim soever in appearance, I take to be the true characteristic of the party. A dog loves to turn round often; yet after certain revolutions he lies down to rest: but heads under the...
Page 13 - But although the devil be the father of lies, he seems, like other great inventors, to have lost much of his reputation, by the continual improvements that have been made upon him.