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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... appears already in the fall of the ftocks ; that we may foon expect more and worse ; and laftly , that all this naturally tends to break B 2 the the fettlement of the crown , and call over the N ° 13. THE EXAMINER . 3 .
... appears already in the fall of the ftocks ; that we may foon expect more and worse ; and laftly , that all this naturally tends to break B 2 the the fettlement of the crown , and call over the N ° 13. THE EXAMINER . 3 .
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... appear to be very different in its caufes , its fymp- toms , and its confequences ; and prove a great example to illuftrate the maxim I lately mentioned ; that truth ( however fometimes late ) will at last prevail . NUM- C 3 NUMBER XV ...
... appear to be very different in its caufes , its fymp- toms , and its confequences ; and prove a great example to illuftrate the maxim I lately mentioned ; that truth ( however fometimes late ) will at last prevail . NUM- C 3 NUMBER XV ...
Page 58
... appear its adverfaries in print , they give me but very little pain . The paper I hold , lies at my mercy , and I can govern it as I pleafe ; therefore , when I begin to find the wit too bright , the learning too deep , and the fatire ...
... appear its adverfaries in print , they give me but very little pain . The paper I hold , lies at my mercy , and I can govern it as I pleafe ; therefore , when I begin to find the wit too bright , the learning too deep , and the fatire ...
Page 82
... appear plainly , that mercenary troops are only fervants armed either to awe the children at home , or elfe to defend from invaders the family , who are otherwise em- employed , and chufe to contribute out of their ftock 82 THE EXAMINER ...
... appear plainly , that mercenary troops are only fervants armed either to awe the children at home , or elfe to defend from invaders the family , who are otherwise em- employed , and chufe to contribute out of their ftock 82 THE EXAMINER ...
Page 92
... appear in all companies , as if they were at the head of their regiments , with a fort of deport- ment that ought to have been dropt be- hind in that short paffage to Harwich . It puts me in mind of a dialogue in Lucian , where Charon ...
... appear in all companies , as if they were at the head of their regiments , with a fort of deport- ment that ought to have been dropt be- hind in that short paffage to Harwich . It puts me in mind of a dialogue in Lucian , where Charon ...
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