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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... jobbers , there hath been brought in fuch a complication of knavery and cozenage , such a mystery of iniquity , and fuch an unintelligible jargon of terms ta to involve it in , as were never known in 8 THE EXAMINER . N ° 13 .
... jobbers , there hath been brought in fuch a complication of knavery and cozenage , such a mystery of iniquity , and fuch an unintelligible jargon of terms ta to involve it in , as were never known in 8 THE EXAMINER . N ° 13 .
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... such infinuations . Notwithstanding which , I did then , and do ftill , believe the church hath , fince that vote , been in very imminent danger ; and I think I might then have faid fo without the leaft offence to her majefty , or ...
... such infinuations . Notwithstanding which , I did then , and do ftill , believe the church hath , fince that vote , been in very imminent danger ; and I think I might then have faid fo without the leaft offence to her majefty , or ...
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... Such reafons indeed may not be obvious to perfons prejudiced , or at a great diftance , or fhort thinkers ; and therefore , if they be no fecrets of ftate , nor any ill confequences to be apprehended from their publication , it is no ...
... Such reafons indeed may not be obvious to perfons prejudiced , or at a great diftance , or fhort thinkers ; and therefore , if they be no fecrets of ftate , nor any ill confequences to be apprehended from their publication , it is no ...
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... Such were anciently the tyrants in most of the fmall ftates of Greece ; and fuch were thofe in feveral parts of Italy about three or four centuries ago , as Machiavel informs us . The other original of mercenary armies feems to have ...
... Such were anciently the tyrants in most of the fmall ftates of Greece ; and fuch were thofe in feveral parts of Italy about three or four centuries ago , as Machiavel informs us . The other original of mercenary armies feems to have ...
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... Such defperate acts , and the opinions infufed along with them into heads already inflamed by youth and wine , are enough to scatter madness and fedition through a whole camp . So feldom upon their knees to pray , and fo often to curfe ...
... Such defperate acts , and the opinions infufed along with them into heads already inflamed by youth and wine , are enough to scatter madness and fedition through a whole camp . So feldom upon their knees to pray , and fo often to curfe ...
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