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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... service to my country and pof- terity . But to fay the truth , I should be glad the authors names were conveyed to future times along with their actions . For although the prefent age may understand well enough the little hints we give ...
... service to my country and pof- terity . But to fay the truth , I should be glad the authors names were conveyed to future times along with their actions . For although the prefent age may understand well enough the little hints we give ...
Page 68
... services be ever fo great . Or , if a prince be unadvisedly brought to offer fuch a commiffion in one hand , let him ( to fave time and blood ) deli- ver up his crown with the other . The Romans , in the heighth and perfection of their ...
... services be ever fo great . Or , if a prince be unadvisedly brought to offer fuch a commiffion in one hand , let him ( to fave time and blood ) deli- ver up his crown with the other . The Romans , in the heighth and perfection of their ...
Page 185
... service to the chriftian religion ; be- caufe they removed thofe mifrepresentations which had done it most injury . The methods these writers took , were openly and freely to difcover every point of their faith , to detect the falfhood ...
... service to the chriftian religion ; be- caufe they removed thofe mifrepresentations which had done it most injury . The methods these writers took , were openly and freely to difcover every point of their faith , to detect the falfhood ...
Page 211
... service , upon any emer- gency , must be made through them ; and it might prove highly dangerous to difoblige . them , because , in that cafe , it was not to be doubted , that they would be obftinate and malicious , ready to obftruct ...
... service , upon any emer- gency , must be made through them ; and it might prove highly dangerous to difoblige . them , because , in that cafe , it was not to be doubted , that they would be obftinate and malicious , ready to obftruct ...
Page 281
... service of their QUEEN and country , which I fhall take no- tice of just as they come to my memory . The credit of the nation began mightily to fuffer by a discount upon Exchequer bills , which have been generally reckoned the surest ...
... service of their QUEEN and country , which I fhall take no- tice of just as they come to my memory . The credit of the nation began mightily to fuffer by a discount upon Exchequer bills , which have been generally reckoned the surest ...
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