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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... should be fo brought about , that the continuance of a war must be for the intereft of vaft numbers ( civil , as well as military ) who otherwise would have been as unknown as their origi- nal . I think our prefent condition of af ...
... should be fo brought about , that the continuance of a war must be for the intereft of vaft numbers ( civil , as well as military ) who otherwise would have been as unknown as their origi- nal . I think our prefent condition of af ...
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... should be destined for great adven- tures ; and accordingly we fee it hath been the guardian spirit of a prevailing party for almost twenty years . It can conquer king- doms without fighting , and fometimes with the lofs of a battle ...
... should be destined for great adven- tures ; and accordingly we fee it hath been the guardian spirit of a prevailing party for almost twenty years . It can conquer king- doms without fighting , and fometimes with the lofs of a battle ...
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... should only have the odds of truth and honesty , which , as I take it , would be an effectual way to filence him for ever . Upon this occa- fion I cannot forbear a fhort ftory of a fana- tick farmer , who lived in my neighbourhood , and ...
... should only have the odds of truth and honesty , which , as I take it , would be an effectual way to filence him for ever . Upon this occa- fion I cannot forbear a fhort ftory of a fana- tick farmer , who lived in my neighbourhood , and ...
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... should be changed . Is it not at the fame time noto- rious to the whole kingdom , that nothing but a tender regard to the general was able to preferve that miniftry fo long , until neither God nor man could fuffer their continuance ...
... should be changed . Is it not at the fame time noto- rious to the whole kingdom , that nothing but a tender regard to the general was able to preferve that miniftry fo long , until neither God nor man could fuffer their continuance ...
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... should not be fuffered any longer in their malapert way to fnarl at the prefent courfe of publick pro- ceedings ; and whereas others propofed , that D 6 they they should be limited to a certain number , and No. 18. THE EXAMINER . 47.
... should not be fuffered any longer in their malapert way to fnarl at the prefent courfe of publick pro- ceedings ; and whereas others propofed , that D 6 they they should be limited to a certain number , and No. 18. THE EXAMINER . 47.
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