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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... use of by animals to feed themselves when they are hungry , and to bite those that tread upon them . But the fame genealogy cannot always be admitted for political lying ; I fhall therefore defire to refine upon it , by add- ing fome ...
... use of by animals to feed themselves when they are hungry , and to bite those that tread upon them . But the fame genealogy cannot always be admitted for political lying ; I fhall therefore defire to refine upon it , by add- ing fome ...
Page 16
... use but while they are moist ; fhe therefore dips them in mud , and foar- ing aloft scatters it in the eyes of the mul- titude , flying with great swiftnefs ; but at every turn is forced to ftoop in dirty ways for new fupplies . I have ...
... use but while they are moist ; fhe therefore dips them in mud , and foar- ing aloft scatters it in the eyes of the mul- titude , flying with great swiftnefs ; but at every turn is forced to ftoop in dirty ways for new fupplies . I have ...
Page 47
... use of any materials we can find , that the work may be kept a going . Be- fides , to speak my opinion , the things I have occafion to mention are fo closely linked to perfons , that nothing but time ( the father of oblivion ) can ...
... use of any materials we can find , that the work may be kept a going . Be- fides , to speak my opinion , the things I have occafion to mention are fo closely linked to perfons , that nothing but time ( the father of oblivion ) can ...
Page 78
... use of the best ? Another great objection with me againft the late party was the cruel tyranny they put upon confcience by a barbarous inqui- fition , refufing to admit the leaft toleration or indulgence . They impofed an hundred tefis ...
... use of the best ? Another great objection with me againft the late party was the cruel tyranny they put upon confcience by a barbarous inqui- fition , refufing to admit the leaft toleration or indulgence . They impofed an hundred tefis ...
Page 89
... use all proper means , to promote a fafe and ho- nourable peace . Thirdly , fince it is obferved of armies , that in the present age they are brought to fome degree of humanity , and a more regular demeanor to each other and to the ...
... use all proper means , to promote a fafe and ho- nourable peace . Thirdly , fince it is obferved of armies , that in the present age they are brought to fome degree of humanity , and a more regular demeanor to each other and to the ...
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