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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Page 62
... subject ought to fuppofe , that in fuch a cafe there are fuch reafons , al- though he be not apprifed of them ; other- wife he muft inwardly tax his prince of capricioufnefs , inconftancy , or ill defign . Such reafons indeed may not be ...
... subject ought to fuppofe , that in fuch a cafe there are fuch reafons , al- though he be not apprifed of them ; other- wife he muft inwardly tax his prince of capricioufnefs , inconftancy , or ill defign . Such reafons indeed may not be ...
Page 153
... subject to encroach- ments and ufurpations . I know , every clergyman in a diocese hath a great deal of dependence upon his bifhop , and owes him canonical obedience : but I was apt to think , that when the whole reprefenta- tive of the ...
... subject to encroach- ments and ufurpations . I know , every clergyman in a diocese hath a great deal of dependence upon his bifhop , and owes him canonical obedience : but I was apt to think , that when the whole reprefenta- tive of the ...
Page 170
... subject , it is not unlikely that providence hath placed avarice to be a check upon ambition ; and I have reafon to think , fome great minifters of ftate have been of my opinion , The The divine authority of holy writ , the precepts of ...
... subject , it is not unlikely that providence hath placed avarice to be a check upon ambition ; and I have reafon to think , fome great minifters of ftate have been of my opinion , The The divine authority of holy writ , the precepts of ...
Page 230
... subject , I cannot but congratulate with our own country , that such a savage monster as the marquis de Guifcard is none of her pro- duction : a wretch perhaps more detesta- ble in his own nature , than even this bar- barous act has ...
... subject , I cannot but congratulate with our own country , that such a savage monster as the marquis de Guifcard is none of her pro- duction : a wretch perhaps more detesta- ble in his own nature , than even this bar- barous act has ...
Page 252
... subject ; as her majefty's anfwer , filled with gra- cious expreffions in his favour , adds more to his real glory than any titles fhe could beftow . The prince and reprefentatives of the whole kingdom join in their concern for fo ...
... subject ; as her majefty's anfwer , filled with gra- cious expreffions in his favour , adds more to his real glory than any titles fhe could beftow . The prince and reprefentatives of the whole kingdom join in their concern for fo ...
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