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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... first by the abfolute power of the prince , who , being mafter of the lives and fortunes of his fubjects , will quickly find expedients to pay his debts ; and fo will the other , by their prudent adminiftration , the greatness of their ...
... first by the abfolute power of the prince , who , being mafter of the lives and fortunes of his fubjects , will quickly find expedients to pay his debts ; and fo will the other , by their prudent adminiftration , the greatness of their ...
Page 9
... be the father of lyes , he feems , like other great inventors , to have loft much of his reputation by the continual improvements , that have been made upon him . B.5 Who • Who first reduced lying into an art , and No. 14. THE EXAMINER . 9.
... be the father of lyes , he feems , like other great inventors , to have loft much of his reputation by the continual improvements , that have been made upon him . B.5 Who • Who first reduced lying into an art , and No. 14. THE EXAMINER . 9.
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... first reduced lying into an art , and adapted it to politicks , is not fo clear from hiftory ; although I have made fome diligent enquiries . I fhall therefore confider it only according to the modern fyftem , as it hath been cultivated ...
... first reduced lying into an art , and adapted it to politicks , is not fo clear from hiftory ; although I have made fome diligent enquiries . I fhall therefore confider it only according to the modern fyftem , as it hath been cultivated ...
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... first men- tioned have , in a degree , done mischief among us : the mock authoritative manner of the one , and the infipid mirth of the other , how- ever infupportable to reasonable ears , being of a level with great numbers among the ...
... first men- tioned have , in a degree , done mischief among us : the mock authoritative manner of the one , and the infipid mirth of the other , how- ever infupportable to reasonable ears , being of a level with great numbers among the ...
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... first opportunity , and , to speak in the news - writers phrase , they give ne occafion for many fpeculations . I obferved with fingular pleafure the nature of thofe things , which the owners of them ufually call Anfwers , and with what ...
... first opportunity , and , to speak in the news - writers phrase , they give ne occafion for many fpeculations . I obferved with fingular pleafure the nature of thofe things , which the owners of them ufually call Anfwers , and with what ...
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