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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Page 62
... reason to his fubjects ; because it is probable , that he will not make fuch a change without very important reasons and a good subject ought to fuppofe , that in fuch a cafe there are fuch reafons , al- though he be not apprifed of ...
... reason to his fubjects ; because it is probable , that he will not make fuch a change without very important reasons and a good subject ought to fuppofe , that in fuch a cafe there are fuch reafons , al- though he be not apprifed of ...
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... the Examiner ; most of which I had never feen or heard of before . I remember fome time ago , in one of the Tatlers , to F 3 have کر have read a letter , wherein feveral reasons are affigned N ° 19. THE EXAMINER . 69.
... the Examiner ; most of which I had never feen or heard of before . I remember fome time ago , in one of the Tatlers , to F 3 have کر have read a letter , wherein feveral reasons are affigned N ° 19. THE EXAMINER . 69.
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Jonathan Swift John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift. have read a letter , wherein feveral reasons are affigned for the prefent corruption and degeneracy of our tafte ; but I think the writer hath omitted the principal one , which I take to be ...
Jonathan Swift John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift. have read a letter , wherein feveral reasons are affigned for the prefent corruption and degeneracy of our tafte ; but I think the writer hath omitted the principal one , which I take to be ...
Page 87
... reason , to argue upon military affairs ; which after all , if we may judge from the fhare of intellectuals in fome who are faid to excel that way , is not fo very profound , or difficult a science . But , if there be any weight in what ...
... reason , to argue upon military affairs ; which after all , if we may judge from the fhare of intellectuals in fome who are faid to excel that way , is not fo very profound , or difficult a science . But , if there be any weight in what ...
Page 123
... reasons why those changes were necessary . The fame style hath been used in the late cafe concerning fome gentlemen in the army . Such a clamour was raised by a fett of men , who had the boldness to tax the administration with cruelty ...
... reasons why those changes were necessary . The fame style hath been used in the late cafe concerning fome gentlemen in the army . Such a clamour was raised by a fett of men , who had the boldness to tax the administration with cruelty ...
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