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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... 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 immediately at his own door , did ever propofe that ...
... 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 immediately at his own door , did ever propofe that ...
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... persons , who , I thought , were beft able to inform me ; and if I deliver my fentiments with fome freedom , I hope it will be forgiven , while I accompany it with that tenderness , which fo nice a point requires . I faid in a former ...
... persons , who , I thought , were beft able to inform me ; and if I deliver my fentiments with fome freedom , I hope it will be forgiven , while I accompany it with that tenderness , which fo nice a point requires . I faid in a former ...
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... , they chofe rather to turn their thoughts fomewhere elfe than throw up all in despair . And this I cannot but add , in defence of the people with regard to the the person we are fpeaking of ; that in the 38 THE EXAMINER . N ° 16 .
... , they chofe rather to turn their thoughts fomewhere elfe than throw up all in despair . And this I cannot but add , in defence of the people with regard to the the person we are fpeaking of ; that in the 38 THE EXAMINER . N ° 16 .
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Jonathan Swift John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift. the person we are fpeaking of ; that in the high station he hath been for many years paft , his real defects ( as nothing human is without them ) have in a detracting age been very sparingly ...
Jonathan Swift John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift. the person we are fpeaking of ; that in the high station he hath been for many years paft , his real defects ( as nothing human is without them ) have in a detracting age been very sparingly ...
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... person , who from fmall beginnings grew ( as I re- member ) to be conftable of France , and had a very haughty imperious wife . I took the author for a friend to our faction ( for fo , with great propriety of speech , they call the ...
... person , who from fmall beginnings grew ( as I re- member ) to be conftable of France , and had a very haughty imperious wife . I took the author for a friend to our faction ( for fo , with great propriety of speech , they call the ...
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