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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... run against the bafenefs , the inconftancy , and ingra- titude of the whole kingdom to the duke of Marlborough , in return of the most eminent eminent services that ever were performed by a fubject to 34 THE EXAMINER . N ° 16 .
... run against the bafenefs , the inconftancy , and ingra- titude of the whole kingdom to the duke of Marlborough , in return of the most eminent eminent services that ever were performed by a fubject to 34 THE EXAMINER . N ° 16 .
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Jonathan Swift John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift. eminent services that ever were performed by a fubject to his country ; not to be equalled in history : and then , to be fure , fome bitter ftroke of detraction against Alexander and Cæfar ...
Jonathan Swift John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift. eminent services that ever were performed by a fubject to his country ; not to be equalled in history : and then , to be fure , fome bitter ftroke of detraction against Alexander and Cæfar ...
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... service he freely expofed his life and fortune . He hath ever been the fa- vourite of the nation , being poffeffed of all the amiable qualities that can accomplish a great man ; but , in the agreeablenefs and fragrancy of his perfon ...
... service he freely expofed his life and fortune . He hath ever been the fa- vourite of the nation , being poffeffed of all the amiable qualities that can accomplish a great man ; but , in the agreeablenefs and fragrancy of his perfon ...
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... service to the Chriftian re- ligion ; because they removed thofe mif- reprefentations which had done it most injury . The methods these writers took , were openly and freely to discover every point of their faith , to detect the ...
... service to the Chriftian re- ligion ; because they removed thofe mif- reprefentations which had done it most injury . The methods these writers took , were openly and freely to discover every point of their faith , to detect the ...
Page 341
... service of many fucceffions of parties with very different ideas faftened to them . This diftinction , I think , began towards the latter part of king Charles the fecond's reign , was dropt during that of his fucceffor , and then ...
... service of many fucceffions of parties with very different ideas faftened to them . This diftinction , I think , began towards the latter part of king Charles the fecond's reign , was dropt during that of his fucceffor , and then ...
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