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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... least fuch a part as , in the opinion of very able persons , had been at that time prudent not to exceed . For I make it a question , Whether any wife prince or ftate , in the continuance of a war , which was not purely defenfive , or ...
... least fuch a part as , in the opinion of very able persons , had been at that time prudent not to exceed . For I make it a question , Whether any wife prince or ftate , in the continuance of a war , which was not purely defenfive , or ...
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... least that majority which voted it : neither do I fee it is any crime , farther than ill manners , to differ in opinion from a majority of either or both houfes ; and that ill manners , I must confefs , I have been often guilty of for ...
... least that majority which voted it : neither do I fee it is any crime , farther than ill manners , to differ in opinion from a majority of either or both houfes ; and that ill manners , I must confefs , I have been often guilty of for ...
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... least as well as some others loved the church ? And why is it not as great a mark of difaffection now , to say the queen is in danger , as it was fome months ago to affirm the fame of the church ? Suppofe Suppofe it be a falfe opinion ...
... least as well as some others loved the church ? And why is it not as great a mark of difaffection now , to say the queen is in danger , as it was fome months ago to affirm the fame of the church ? Suppofe Suppofe it be a falfe opinion ...
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... least miscarriage ? - Will the accufers of the nation join iffue upon any of these particulars , or tell us in what point our damnable fin of ingra- titude lies ? Why , it is plain and clear ; for while he is commanding abroad , the ...
... least miscarriage ? - Will the accufers of the nation join iffue upon any of these particulars , or tell us in what point our damnable fin of ingra- titude lies ? Why , it is plain and clear ; for while he is commanding abroad , the ...
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... least a great part of it , muft needs be fpurious . The difference between my bro- ther and me is this ; he makes Alcibiades fay a great deal more than he really did , and I make Cicero fay a great deal lefs . This Verres * had been the ...
... least a great part of it , muft needs be fpurious . The difference between my bro- ther and me is this ; he makes Alcibiades fay a great deal more than he really did , and I make Cicero fay a great deal lefs . This Verres * had been the ...
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