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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... of my acquaintance among the declining party are grown fo infufferably peevifh and sple- netic , profefs fuch violent apprehenfions VOL . VIII . B for for the publick , and represent the state of things THE EXAMINER . THE Examiner, N°13, p.
... of my acquaintance among the declining party are grown fo infufferably peevifh and sple- netic , profefs fuch violent apprehenfions VOL . VIII . B for for the publick , and represent the state of things THE EXAMINER . THE Examiner, N°13, p.
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... state could probably have been long preserved without fuch methods , as have been already taken . THE late revolutions at court have given room to fome fpecious objections , which I have heard repeated by well - meaning men , just just ...
... state could probably have been long preserved without fuch methods , as have been already taken . THE late revolutions at court have given room to fome fpecious objections , which I have heard repeated by well - meaning men , just just ...
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... perfons , whose principle and intereft it was to cor- rupt our manners , blind.our understand- ing , drain our wealth , and in time destroy C 2 our our conflitution both in church and state ; and we N ° 14. THE EXAMINER . 19 N° p 69.
... perfons , whose principle and intereft it was to cor- rupt our manners , blind.our understand- ing , drain our wealth , and in time destroy C 2 our our conflitution both in church and state ; and we N ° 14. THE EXAMINER . 19 N° p 69.
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Jonathan Swift John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift. our conflitution both in church and state ; and we at laft were brought to the very brink of ruin ; yet , by the means of per- petual reprefentations , have never been able to diftinguish ...
Jonathan Swift John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift. our conflitution both in church and state ; and we at laft were brought to the very brink of ruin ; yet , by the means of per- petual reprefentations , have never been able to diftinguish ...
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... determine points in philosophy , to be moderators in an affembly of divines , or direct in a court of juftice , as to mifplace G 4 their their talent in examining affairs of state , especially in N ° 20 . THE EXAMINER . 87.
... determine points in philosophy , to be moderators in an affembly of divines , or direct in a court of juftice , as to mifplace G 4 their their talent in examining affairs of state , especially in N ° 20 . THE EXAMINER . 87.
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