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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... acquaintance among the declining party are grown fo infufferably peevifh and sple- netic , profefs fuch violent apprehenfions VOL . VIII . B for for the publick , and represent the state of things THE EXAMINER . THE Examiner, N°13, p.
... acquaintance among the declining party are grown fo infufferably peevifh and sple- netic , profefs fuch violent apprehenfions VOL . VIII . B for for the publick , and represent the state of things THE EXAMINER . THE Examiner, N°13, p.
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... things in fuch formidable ideas , that I find myself disposed to share in their afflictions ; although I know them to be groundless and imaginary , or , which is worse , purely affected . To offer them comfort one by one , would be not ...
... things in fuch formidable ideas , that I find myself disposed to share in their afflictions ; although I know them to be groundless and imaginary , or , which is worse , purely affected . To offer them comfort one by one , would be not ...
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... feed his vices and extravagancies , while there is any thing left . So that , if the war continue fome years longer , a landed man will be little better than B 3 than a farmer of a rack - rent to the N ° 13. THE EXAMINER . 5.
... feed his vices and extravagancies , while there is any thing left . So that , if the war continue fome years longer , a landed man will be little better than B 3 than a farmer of a rack - rent to the N ° 13. THE EXAMINER . 5.
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... things , as much as poffible , in the old courfe . But soon after , an under- fett of men , who had nothing to lose , and had neither borne the burthen nor heat of the day , found means to whisper in the king's ear , that the principles ...
... things , as much as poffible , in the old courfe . But soon after , an under- fett of men , who had nothing to lose , and had neither borne the burthen nor heat of the day , found means to whisper in the king's ear , that the principles ...
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... thing he fays , as we do dreams , by the contrary , you are ftill to feek , and will find yourfelf equally de- ceived whether you believe or no : the only remedy is to fuppofe , that you have heard fome inarticulate founds , without any ...
... thing he fays , as we do dreams , by the contrary , you are ftill to feek , and will find yourfelf equally de- ceived whether you believe or no : the only remedy is to fuppofe , that you have heard fome inarticulate founds , without any ...
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