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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... 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- fairs is admirably defcribed by two verses in Lucan : Hinc ...
... 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- fairs is admirably defcribed by two verses in Lucan : Hinc ...
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... must run up as high as the revolution . Moft of the nobility and gentry , who.ir- vited over the prince of Orange , or attended him in his expedition , were true lovers of their country and its conftitution in church and ftate ; and ...
... must run up as high as the revolution . Moft of the nobility and gentry , who.ir- vited over the prince of Orange , or attended him in his expedition , were true lovers of their country and its conftitution in church and ftate ; and ...
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... must now fall in with , although he may be allowed to wish it might foon have an end ; because it is with a kingdom as with a private fortune , where every new incumbrance adds a double weight . By this means the wealth of a nation ...
... must now fall in with , although he may be allowed to wish it might foon have an end ; because it is with a kingdom as with a private fortune , where every new incumbrance adds a double weight . By this means the wealth of a nation ...
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... must be avowed , that , for fome years paft , there have been few things more wanted in England than fuch a paper , as this ought to be and fuch as I will endeavour to make it , as long as it fhall be found of any ufe , without entering ...
... must be avowed , that , for fome years paft , there have been few things more wanted in England than fuch a paper , as this ought to be and fuch as I will endeavour to make it , as long as it fhall be found of any ufe , without entering ...
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... must be a great ftranger to history and common fenfe to doubt . The wifeft prince on earth may be forced by the neceffity of his affairs , and the prefent power of an unruly faction , or deceived by the craft of ill - defigning men ...
... must be a great ftranger to history and common fenfe to doubt . The wifeft prince on earth may be forced by the neceffity of his affairs , and the prefent power of an unruly faction , or deceived by the craft of ill - defigning men ...
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