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 18
... believe or no : the only remedy is to fuppofe , that you have heard fome inarticulate founds , without any meaning at all ; and befides , that will take off the horror you might be apt to con- ceive at the oaths , wherewith he perpetu ...
... believe or no : the only remedy is to fuppofe , that you have heard fome inarticulate founds , without any meaning at all ; and befides , that will take off the horror you might be apt to con- ceive at the oaths , wherewith he perpetu ...
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... believe , I have been perplexed what to do with that maxim fo frequent in every body's mouth ; that truth will at last pre- vail . Here hath this ifland of ours , for the greatest part of twenty years , lain under the influence of fuch ...
... believe , I have been perplexed what to do with that maxim fo frequent in every body's mouth ; that truth will at last pre- vail . Here hath this ifland of ours , for the greatest part of twenty years , lain under the influence of fuch ...
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... believe , it will 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 ...
... believe , it will 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 ...
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... contrary to what we understood it at the time of the Revolution . In order to remove thefe mifapprehen- fions among us , I believe , it will be necef- fary , fary upon occafion to detect the malice and falfhood of N ° 15. THE EXAMINER . 27.
... contrary to what we understood it at the time of the Revolution . In order to remove thefe mifapprehen- fions among us , I believe , it will be necef- fary , fary upon occafion to detect the malice and falfhood of N ° 15. THE EXAMINER . 27.
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... 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 either of the two houfes , The queen's words , as near as I can remember ...
... 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 either of the two houfes , The queen's words , as near as I can remember ...
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