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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... endeavour to overthrow , by discovering the falfhood and abfurdity of them . It is a great unhappiness , when in a government conftituted like ours it should be fo brought about , that the continuance of a war muft be for the interest ...
... endeavour to overthrow , by discovering the falfhood and abfurdity of them . It is a great unhappiness , when in a government conftituted like ours it should be fo brought about , that the continuance of a war muft be for the interest ...
Page 21
... endeavour to undeceive or discover those deluded or deluding perfons , who hope or pretend , it is only a fhort madnefs in the vulgar , from which they may foon re- cover ; whereas , I believe , it will appear to be very different in ...
... endeavour to undeceive or discover those deluded or deluding perfons , who hope or pretend , it is only a fhort madnefs in the vulgar , from which they may foon re- cover ; whereas , I believe , it will appear to be very different in ...
Page 64
... endeavour to convince them , that the prefent course we are in is the most pro- bable means , with the bleffing of God , to extricate ourselves out of all our dif- ficulties . Among those who are pleased to write or talk against this ...
... endeavour to convince them , that the prefent course we are in is the most pro- bable means , with the bleffing of God , to extricate ourselves out of all our dif- ficulties . Among those who are pleased to write or talk against this ...
Page 89
... endeavour pre- ferving this temper among them ; with- out which they would foon degenerate into favages . To this end it would be prudent , among other things , to forbid that deteftable cuftom of drinking to the damnation or confufion ...
... endeavour pre- ferving this temper among them ; with- out which they would foon degenerate into favages . To this end it would be prudent , among other things , to forbid that deteftable cuftom of drinking to the damnation or confufion ...
Page 109
... endeavour to ftand un- supported by those patrons , who expired in doing it their laft good office , and will never rife to preferve it any more . Let us therefore produce the pious en- deavours of thefe church defenders , who were were ...
... endeavour to ftand un- supported by those patrons , who expired in doing it their laft good office , and will never rife to preferve it any more . Let us therefore produce the pious en- deavours of thefe church defenders , who were were ...
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