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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... perhaps be worth enquiring , from what beginnings and by what steps we have been brought into this defperate condition and in fearch of this we muft run up as high as the Revolution . Most of the nobility and gentry , who invited over ...
... perhaps be worth enquiring , from what beginnings and by what steps we have been brought into this defperate condition and in fearch of this we muft run up as high as the Revolution . Most of the nobility and gentry , who invited over ...
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... perhaps were as well qua- lified , and much lefs prejudiced , to judge for themfelves . It was this reafon , that moved me to take the matter out of those rough , as well as thofe dirty , hands ; to let the remote and uninftructed part ...
... perhaps were as well qua- lified , and much lefs prejudiced , to judge for themfelves . It was this reafon , that moved me to take the matter out of those rough , as well as thofe dirty , hands ; to let the remote and uninftructed part ...
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... perhaps return their ac- knowledgments , as , out of their zeal for frequent revolutions , they were ready to do to his fuppofed father ; which is a piece of fecret biflory , that I hope will one day see the the light ; and I am fure it ...
... perhaps return their ac- knowledgments , as , out of their zeal for frequent revolutions , they were ready to do to his fuppofed father ; which is a piece of fecret biflory , that I hope will one day see the the light ; and I am fure it ...
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... perhaps they scare us with the pretender , because they think he may be like fome diseases , that come with a fright . Do they not be- lieve , that the queen's prefent miniftry love her majesty , at least as well as some others loved ...
... perhaps they scare us with the pretender , because they think he may be like fome diseases , that come with a fright . Do they not be- lieve , that the queen's prefent miniftry love her majesty , at least as well as some others loved ...
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... perhaps be ascribed to his wisdom , or per- haps to his complexion . The possession of fomc one quality , or a defect in fome other , will extremely damp the people's favour , as well as the love of the foldiers . Besides , this is not ...
... perhaps be ascribed to his wisdom , or per- haps to his complexion . The possession of fomc one quality , or a defect in fome other , will extremely damp the people's favour , as well as the love of the foldiers . Besides , this is not ...
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