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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... enemies nor allies are upon the fame foot with us in this particular . France and Holland , our nearest neigh- bours , and the fartheft engaged , will much fooner recover themselves after a war : the firft by the abfolute power of the ...
... enemies nor allies are upon the fame foot with us in this particular . France and Holland , our nearest neigh- bours , and the fartheft engaged , will much fooner recover themselves after a war : the firft by the abfolute power of the ...
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... enemies again be brought to sue for peace , and again offer fuch terms as will make it both honourable and lafting ; only with this difference , that the ministry perhaps will not again refuse them . Audiet pugnas , vitio parentum Rara ...
... enemies again be brought to sue for peace , and again offer fuch terms as will make it both honourable and lafting ; only with this difference , that the ministry perhaps will not again refuse them . Audiet pugnas , vitio parentum Rara ...
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... enemies adorned with the enfigns of liberty , property , indulgence , mo- deration , and a cornucopia in their hands . Her large wings , like thofe of a flying fish , are of no use but while they are moist ; fhe therefore dips them in ...
... enemies adorned with the enfigns of liberty , property , indulgence , mo- deration , and a cornucopia in their hands . Her large wings , like thofe of a flying fish , are of no use but while they are moist ; fhe therefore dips them in ...
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... after it hath been often practifed and is become notorious ; but they are widely miftaken . Few yes carry the inventor's mark , and the the most proftitute enemy to truth may spread a thousand 18 THE EXAMINER . N ° 14 N° 58.
... after it hath been often practifed and is become notorious ; but they are widely miftaken . Few yes carry the inventor's mark , and the the most proftitute enemy to truth may spread a thousand 18 THE EXAMINER . N ° 14 N° 58.
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Jonathan Swift John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift. the most proftitute enemy to truth may spread a thousand without being known for the author : befides , as the vileft writer hath his readers , so the greatest lyar hath his believers : and ...
Jonathan Swift John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift. the most proftitute enemy to truth may spread a thousand without being known for the author : befides , as the vileft writer hath his readers , so the greatest lyar hath his believers : and ...
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Page 308 - Whig, that the more revolutions the better ; which, how odd a maxim soever in appearance, I take to be the true characteristic of the party. A dog loves to turn round often; yet after certain revolutions he lies down to rest: but heads under the...
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