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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... manners , blind our understanding , drain our wealth , and in time deftroy our conftitution both in church and state ; and we at laft were brought to the very brink of ruin ; yet , by the means very 14 THE EXAMINER . No . 14 . No Pag.
... manners , blind our understanding , drain our wealth , and in time deftroy our conftitution both in church and state ; and we at laft were brought to the very brink of ruin ; yet , by the means very 14 THE EXAMINER . No . 14 . No Pag.
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... 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 lowest part of mankind . Neither was the author of the Rehearsal , while he continued ...
... 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 lowest part of mankind . Neither was the author of the Rehearsal , while he continued ...
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... 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 again . Another topick of great ufe to ...
... 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 again . Another topick of great ufe to ...
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... manner Verres paffed " the day : the morning was spent in taking " bribes and felling employments ; the reft " of it in drunkennefs and luft . His dif- " courfe at table was fcandaloufly unbecom- 66 ing the dignity of his ftation ...
... manner Verres paffed " the day : the morning was spent in taking " bribes and felling employments ; the reft " of it in drunkennefs and luft . His dif- " courfe at table was fcandaloufly unbecom- 66 ing the dignity of his ftation ...
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... manners , with the judgment of both parties : this , I con- fefs , is too great a hardship for fo bashful and unexperienced a writer . But , alas , I lie under another difcourage- ment of much more weight . I was very un- fortunate in ...
... manners , with the judgment of both parties : this , I con- fefs , is too great a hardship for fo bashful and unexperienced a writer . But , alas , I lie under another difcourage- ment of much more weight . I was very un- fortunate in ...
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