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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... whole fortunes lie in funds and stocks ; fo that power , which accord- ing to the old maxim was used to follow land , is now gone over to money ; and the country gentleman is in the condition of a young heir , out of whofe eftate a scri ...
... whole fortunes lie in funds and stocks ; fo that power , which accord- ing to the old maxim was used to follow land , is now gone over to money ; and the country gentleman is in the condition of a young heir , out of whofe eftate a scri ...
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... whole art and cant of them . To tranfcribe here and there three or four detached lines of leaft weight in a difcourfe , and by a foolish comment mistake every fyllable of the meaning , is what I have known many of a fuperior class to ...
... whole art and cant of them . To tranfcribe here and there three or four detached lines of leaft weight in a difcourfe , and by a foolish comment mistake every fyllable of the meaning , is what I have known many of a fuperior class to ...
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... of his audi- ence , and shewed the infignificancy of his adverfary's cant to the meaneft under- ftanding , that he got the whole country on on his fide , and the farmer was cured of 26 . THE EXAMINER . N ° 15 . N° P 155.
... of his audi- ence , and shewed the infignificancy of his adverfary's cant to the meaneft under- ftanding , that he got the whole country on on his fide , and the farmer was cured of 26 . THE EXAMINER . N ° 15 . N° P 155.
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... hath run against the bafenefs , the inconftancy , and ingra- titude of the whole kingdom to the duke of Marlborough , in return of the most eminent eminent services that ever were performed by a fubject to 34 THE EXAMINER . N ° 16 .
... hath run against the bafenefs , the inconftancy , and ingra- titude of the whole kingdom to the duke of Marlborough , in return of the most eminent eminent services that ever were performed by a fubject to 34 THE EXAMINER . N ° 16 .
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... whole kingdom , that nothing but a tender re- gard to the general was able to preserve that miniftry fo long , until neither God nor man could fuffer their continuance ? Yet , in the highest ferment of things , we heard few or no ...
... whole kingdom , that nothing but a tender re- gard to the general was able to preserve that miniftry fo long , until neither God nor man could fuffer their continuance ? Yet , in the highest ferment of things , we heard few or no ...
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