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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... may be as neceffary for them , as it hath been for us . And if our fathers had left us as deeply involved , as we are likely to leave our children , 2 children , I appeal to any man , what fort N ° 13 , THE EXAMINER .
... may be as neceffary for them , as it hath been for us . And if our fathers had left us as deeply involved , as we are likely to leave our children , 2 children , I appeal to any man , what fort N ° 13 , THE EXAMINER .
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... leave to refign , but the pretender is at bottom ; the queen cannot diffolve a parliament , but it is a plot to dethrone herself and bring in the pretender ; half a score stock - jobbers are playing the knave in Exchange - alley , and ...
... leave to refign , but the pretender is at bottom ; the queen cannot diffolve a parliament , but it is a plot to dethrone herself and bring in the pretender ; half a score stock - jobbers are playing the knave in Exchange - alley , and ...
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... leave the matter to thofe little antagonists , who may want a topick for criticifm . Thus much I have difcovered , that it is in writ- ing as in building ; where , after all our fchemes and calculations , we are mightily deceived in our ...
... leave the matter to thofe little antagonists , who may want a topick for criticifm . Thus much I have difcovered , that it is in writ- ing as in building ; where , after all our fchemes and calculations , we are mightily deceived in our ...
Page 56
... leave no houfe free from thy " rapine and luft ? " etc. - This extract , to deal ingenuously , hath coft me more pains than I think it is worth ; having only ferved to convince me , that modern corruptions are not to be paralleled by ...
... leave no houfe free from thy " rapine and luft ? " etc. - This extract , to deal ingenuously , hath coft me more pains than I think it is worth ; having only ferved to convince me , that modern corruptions are not to be paralleled by ...
Page 61
... leave it to the partiality of either party , but to the infallible judgment of my printer . One principal end I defigned by it , was to undeceive those well - mean- ing people , who have been drawn una- wares into a wrong fenfe of ...
... leave it to the partiality of either party , but to the infallible judgment of my printer . One principal end I defigned by it , was to undeceive those well - mean- ing people , who have been drawn una- wares into a wrong fenfe of ...
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