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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... cause , which the QUEEN and both houses of parliament , and nine parts in ten of the kingdom , have fo unanimoufly embraced ? I am cruelly afraid , we politic authors must begin to leffen our expences , and lie for the future at the ...
... cause , which the QUEEN and both houses of parliament , and nine parts in ten of the kingdom , have fo unanimoufly embraced ? I am cruelly afraid , we politic authors must begin to leffen our expences , and lie for the future at the ...
Page 75
... cause . This they used to illuftrate by a very apt and decent fimili- tude of gaming with a fharper ; if you cannot cheat as well as he , you are cer- tainly undone . Another caft of their politicks was that of endeavouring to impeach ...
... cause . This they used to illuftrate by a very apt and decent fimili- tude of gaming with a fharper ; if you cannot cheat as well as he , you are cer- tainly undone . Another caft of their politicks was that of endeavouring to impeach ...
Page 100
... cause her to be carried away of the flood : but the EARTH helped the WOMAN , and the earth opened her mouth , and fwallowed up the flood , which the dragon had caft out of his mouth . For the QUEEN having changed her ministry fuitable ...
... cause her to be carried away of the flood : but the EARTH helped the WOMAN , and the earth opened her mouth , and fwallowed up the flood , which the dragon had caft out of his mouth . For the QUEEN having changed her ministry fuitable ...
Page 114
... cause to fuch wife , impartial judges ; who might otherwife fall under the flavery of believing by education and prejudice . Sixthly , Because nothing fo much di- ftracts the thoughts , as too great a variety of fubjects , therefore ...
... cause to fuch wife , impartial judges ; who might otherwife fall under the flavery of believing by education and prejudice . Sixthly , Because nothing fo much di- ftracts the thoughts , as too great a variety of fubjects , therefore ...
Page 132
... come to their fenfes again . For the fervice therefore of our adver- faries and friends , I fhall briefly examine this point , by fhewing what are the causes and and fymptoms of a people's madness ; and how it 132 THE EXAMINER . N ° 24 .
... come to their fenfes again . For the fervice therefore of our adver- faries and friends , I fhall briefly examine this point , by fhewing what are the causes and and fymptoms of a people's madness ; and how it 132 THE EXAMINER . N ° 24 .
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