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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... tion to take very little notice of other papers , unless it were fuch , where the malice and fal- fhood had fo great a mixture of wit and fpi- rit , as would make them dangerous : which , in the prefent circle of fcribblers , from ...
... tion to take very little notice of other papers , unless it were fuch , where the malice and fal- fhood had fo great a mixture of wit and fpi- rit , as would make them dangerous : which , in the prefent circle of fcribblers , from ...
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... tion , that the woman had paid but four pounds [ 6 ] was ་ ་ The matter was this : At the QUEEN's ac- ceflion to the government , the used to lament to me , that the crown being impoverished by former grants , fhe wanted the power her ...
... tion , that the woman had paid but four pounds [ 6 ] was ་ ་ The matter was this : At the QUEEN's ac- ceflion to the government , the used to lament to me , that the crown being impoverished by former grants , fhe wanted the power her ...
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... tion with a moft pious lawyer , their difciple . What fhall we fay to their prodigious skill in arithmetick , difcovered fo conftantly in their decifion of elections ; where they were able to make out by the rule of falfe , that three ...
... tion with a moft pious lawyer , their difciple . What fhall we fay to their prodigious skill in arithmetick , difcovered fo conftantly in their decifion of elections ; where they were able to make out by the rule of falfe , that three ...
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... tion , abhorred them , let any man confider the confequence of fuch difpofitions , if they fhould happen to spread . I could only with for the honour of the army , as well as of the queen and miniftry , that a remedy had been applied to ...
... tion , abhorred them , let any man confider the confequence of fuch difpofitions , if they fhould happen to spread . I could only with for the honour of the army , as well as of the queen and miniftry , that a remedy had been applied to ...
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... tion , thofe high fwelling words , and that vain - glory ; " because they were of no use on the other fide of the water . Thus , if all that array of military grandeur were con- fined to the proper fcene , it would be much more for the ...
... tion , thofe high fwelling words , and that vain - glory ; " because they were of no use on the other fide of the water . Thus , if all that array of military grandeur were con- fined to the proper fcene , it would be much more for the ...
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