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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... the best princes that ever reigned , and without the leaft guilt of theirs , is fuch a truth , as a man must be a great ftranger to hiftory and The wifeft and common fenfe to doubt . prince on 28 THE EXAMINER , N ° 15 ,
... the best princes that ever reigned , and without the leaft guilt of theirs , is fuch a truth , as a man must be a great ftranger to hiftory and The wifeft and common fenfe to doubt . prince on 28 THE EXAMINER , N ° 15 ,
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Jonathan Swift John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift. The wifeft and common fenfe to doubt . prince on earth may be forced by the ne- ceffity of his affairs , and the prefent power of an unruly faction , or deceived by the craft of ill ...
Jonathan Swift John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift. The wifeft and common fenfe to doubt . prince on earth may be forced by the ne- ceffity of his affairs , and the prefent power of an unruly faction , or deceived by the craft of ill ...
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... common clamour of tongues and pens for fome months paft hath run against the bafenefs , the inconftancy , and ingra- titude of the whole kingdom to the duke of Marlborough , in return of the most eminent eminent services that ever were ...
... common clamour of tongues and pens for fome months paft hath run against the bafenefs , the inconftancy , and ingra- titude of the whole kingdom to the duke of Marlborough , in return of the most eminent eminent services that ever were ...
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... common prejudices of education and company , the great perfonal qualities of fome party leaders , or the foul mifre- presentations that were conftantly made of all , who durft differ from them in the fmalleft article . I have known fuch ...
... common prejudices of education and company , the great perfonal qualities of fome party leaders , or the foul mifre- presentations that were conftantly made of all , who durft differ from them in the fmalleft article . I have known fuch ...
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... common whiggish report , that the authors are hired by the miniftry to give my paper a value . But the friends of this paper hath given me more uneafinefs with their impatience , than its enemies by their answers . I heard myself ...
... common whiggish report , that the authors are hired by the miniftry to give my paper a value . But the friends of this paper hath given me more uneafinefs with their impatience , than its enemies by their answers . I heard myself ...
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