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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... merit , could pretend no higher than to wear our li veries ; while others , who , by their credit , quality , and fortune , were only able to give reputation and fuccels to the revolution , were not only laid afide as dangerous and ...
... merit , could pretend no higher than to wear our li veries ; while others , who , by their credit , quality , and fortune , were only able to give reputation and fuccels to the revolution , were not only laid afide as dangerous and ...
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... merit . If a stranger fhould hear these furious out - cries of ingra- titude against our general , without knowing the particulars , he would be apt to enquire , where was his tomb , or whether he were al- lowed christian burial ? not ...
... merit . If a stranger fhould hear these furious out - cries of ingra- titude against our general , without knowing the particulars , he would be apt to enquire , where was his tomb , or whether he were al- lowed christian burial ? not ...
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... merits , and the lowest price he fet them at , what a pretty fum it would amount to , and how many fuch islands as this must be fold to pay them . I form my my judgment from the practice of those , who fometimes 34 No. 16 . THE EXAMINER ...
... merits , and the lowest price he fet them at , what a pretty fum it would amount to , and how many fuch islands as this must be fold to pay them . I form my my judgment from the practice of those , who fometimes 34 No. 16 . THE EXAMINER ...
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... fix pounds , twenty - fix thoufand ; and by that you may judge , what the pretenfions of modern merit are , where it happens to be its own paymafter . NUM . NUMBER XVII . Thursday , November 30 , 1710 . 36 No. 16 . THE EXAMINER . No.
... fix pounds , twenty - fix thoufand ; and by that you may judge , what the pretenfions of modern merit are , where it happens to be its own paymafter . NUM . NUMBER XVII . Thursday , November 30 , 1710 . 36 No. 16 . THE EXAMINER . No.
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... merit , or what opportunity to difcover our wit , our courage , or our learning , in drawing our pens for the defence of a caufe , which the QUEEN and both houses of parliament , and nine parts in ten of the kingdom , have fo ...
... merit , or what opportunity to difcover our wit , our courage , or our learning , in drawing our pens for the defence of a caufe , which the QUEEN and both houses of parliament , and nine parts in ten of the kingdom , have fo ...
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