The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Accurately Revised, in Twelve Volumes. Adorned with Copper-plates; with Some Account of the Author's Life, and Notes Historical and Explanatory, Volume 8C. Bathurst, T. Osborne, W. Bowyer, J. Hinton, W. Strahan, B. Collins, J. Rivington, R. Baldwin, L. Davis and C. Reymers, and J. Dodsley., 1765 |
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... see it is any crime , farther than ill manners , to differ in opinion from a ma- jority of either or both houfes ; and that ill manners , I must confefs , I have been often guilty of for fome years paft , although I hope never fhall ...
... see it is any crime , farther than ill manners , to differ in opinion from a ma- jority of either or both houfes ; and that ill manners , I must confefs , I have been often guilty of for fome years paft , although I hope never fhall ...
Page 65
... see there still were fome remains of a noble spirit among them ; for when Cafar fent to be chofen conful , notwithstand- ing his abfence , they decreed he should come in perfon , give up his command , and petere more majorum . It is not ...
... see there still were fome remains of a noble spirit among them ; for when Cafar fent to be chofen conful , notwithstand- ing his abfence , they decreed he should come in perfon , give up his command , and petere more majorum . It is not ...
Page 70
... see others ad- vanced , who , they are fure , will use all pro- per means to promote a safe and honourable peace . Thirdly , fince it is obferved of armies , that in the prefent age they are brought to fome degree of humanity , and a ...
... see others ad- vanced , who , they are fure , will use all pro- per means to promote a safe and honourable peace . Thirdly , fince it is obferved of armies , that in the prefent age they are brought to fome degree of humanity , and a ...
Page 73
... see what fuccessful endeavours are daily made to reftore it in every branch to its antient form , from the languishing condition it hath long lain in , and with fuch deadly fymptoms . I have already handled fome abufes during the late ...
... see what fuccessful endeavours are daily made to reftore it in every branch to its antient form , from the languishing condition it hath long lain in , and with fuch deadly fymptoms . I have already handled fome abufes during the late ...
Page 85
... see a majority of prelates cried up by thofe , who are enemies to the character : now I always thought , that the conceffions of enemies were more to a man's advantage , than the praise of his friends . Time and mortality , he fays ...
... see a majority of prelates cried up by thofe , who are enemies to the character : now I always thought , that the conceffions of enemies were more to a man's advantage , than the praise of his friends . Time and mortality , he fays ...
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