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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... first occasion to interpofe . But of this mighty change in the difpofitions of the people I fhall difcourfe more at large in fome following paper ; wherein I fhall endeavour to undeceive or discover those deluded or deluding perfons ...
... first occasion to interpofe . But of this mighty change in the difpofitions of the people I fhall difcourfe more at large in fome following paper ; wherein I fhall endeavour to undeceive or discover those deluded or deluding perfons ...
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... that their duty should be conveyed to them through fuch vehicles as thofe ? For , let fome gen- tlemen think what they pleafe , I cannot C 4 but but fufpect , that the two worthies I first mentioned N ° 15. THE EXAMINER . 23 N° p 118.
... that their duty should be conveyed to them through fuch vehicles as thofe ? For , let fome gen- tlemen think what they pleafe , I cannot C 4 but but fufpect , that the two worthies I first mentioned N ° 15. THE EXAMINER . 23 N° p 118.
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... first mentioned have , in a degree , done mis- chief among us ; the mock authoritative manner of the one , and the infipid mirth of the other , however infupportable to reasonable ears , being of a level with great numbers among the ...
... first mentioned have , in a degree , done mis- chief among us ; the mock authoritative manner of the one , and the infipid mirth of the other , however infupportable to reasonable ears , being of a level with great numbers among the ...
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... first , grow in danger by fuch proceed- ings as these ? And shall a faithful fubject , who forefees and trembles at the confe- quences , be called difaffected , because he delivers his opinion , although the prince declares , as he ...
... first , grow in danger by fuch proceed- ings as these ? And shall a faithful fubject , who forefees and trembles at the confe- quences , be called difaffected , because he delivers his opinion , although the prince declares , as he ...
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... what he would infallibly be hanged for if he com- mitted it on the first of July ; by which the greatest criminals may escape , provided they they continue long enough in power to antiquate their crimes 5.6 THE EXAMINER . N ° 17 .
... what he would infallibly be hanged for if he com- mitted it on the first of July ; by which the greatest criminals may escape , provided they they continue long enough in power to antiquate their crimes 5.6 THE EXAMINER . N ° 17 .
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