The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Volume 2A. Donaldson, 1766 |
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Page 11
... fhew- ing , that the measures they pursued had a direct tendency to bring on the tyranny which they profeffed to oppofe ; and the particular cafes of the impeached Lords are parallelled in Athe- nian characters . Hawkef This whole ...
... fhew- ing , that the measures they pursued had a direct tendency to bring on the tyranny which they profeffed to oppofe ; and the particular cafes of the impeached Lords are parallelled in Athe- nian characters . Hawkef This whole ...
Page 38
... fhew or fhadow of liberty in Rome . Here was the repofitory of all the wife contentions and ftruggles for power between the nobles and commons , lapped up fafely in the bofom of a Nero and a Caligula , a Tiberius and a Domitian . Let us ...
... fhew or fhadow of liberty in Rome . Here was the repofitory of all the wife contentions and ftruggles for power between the nobles and commons , lapped up fafely in the bofom of a Nero and a Caligula , a Tiberius and a Domitian . Let us ...
Page 58
... fhew the generofity of our adversaries in encouraging a writer , who cannot furnish out so much as a title - page with propriety or common fenfe . Next follows the dedication to the clergy of the church of England , wherein the modefty ...
... fhew the generofity of our adversaries in encouraging a writer , who cannot furnish out so much as a title - page with propriety or common fenfe . Next follows the dedication to the clergy of the church of England , wherein the modefty ...
Page 68
... fhew me , in double the number of lines , although writ by the fame author , fuch a complicated ignorance in history , human nature , or politics , as well as in the ordinary proprieties of thought or of ftyle . But it feems thefe ...
... fhew me , in double the number of lines , although writ by the fame author , fuch a complicated ignorance in history , human nature , or politics , as well as in the ordinary proprieties of thought or of ftyle . But it feems thefe ...
Page 80
... fhew many reafons , which made it neceffary to remove the general and his friends , who , knowing the bent of the nation was against them , expect ed to lose their power when the war was at an end . Par- ticularly , the hiftorian will ...
... fhew many reafons , which made it neceffary to remove the general and his friends , who , knowing the bent of the nation was against them , expect ed to lose their power when the war was at an end . Par- ticularly , the hiftorian will ...
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