The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Volume 2A. Donaldson, 1766 |
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Page 40
... late .. Thefe impeachments perpetually falling upon many of the best men both in Greece and Rome , are a cloud of witneffes , and examples enough to discourage men of virtue and abilities from engaging in the fervice of the public ; and ...
... late .. Thefe impeachments perpetually falling upon many of the best men both in Greece and Rome , are a cloud of witneffes , and examples enough to discourage men of virtue and abilities from engaging in the fervice of the public ; and ...
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... late revolution . How- ever , as it is the talent of human nature to run from one extreme to another , fo in a very few years we have made mighty leaps from prerogative - heights into the depths . of popularity , and , I doubt , to the ...
... late revolution . How- ever , as it is the talent of human nature to run from one extreme to another , fo in a very few years we have made mighty leaps from prerogative - heights into the depths . of popularity , and , I doubt , to the ...
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... late proceedings of the Commons is an accident , that , if it laft a while , might be improved to good ufes for fetting the balance of power a little more upon an equality , than their late mea- fures feem to promife or admit . This ...
... late proceedings of the Commons is an accident , that , if it laft a while , might be improved to good ufes for fetting the balance of power a little more upon an equality , than their late mea- fures feem to promife or admit . This ...
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... late to copy after the Bishop of Sarum , hath , out of the pregnancy of his invention , found out an old way of infi- nuating the groffeft reflections under the appearance of admonitions ; and is so judicious a follower of the pre- late ...
... late to copy after the Bishop of Sarum , hath , out of the pregnancy of his invention , found out an old way of infi- nuating the groffeft reflections under the appearance of admonitions ; and is so judicious a follower of the pre- late ...
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... late papers , where he pretended to dabble in the fubject . But the clergy have , it feems , imbibed their notions of power and obedience , abhorrent from our laws , from the pompous ideas of imperial greatness , and the fubmiffion to ...
... late papers , where he pretended to dabble in the fubject . But the clergy have , it feems , imbibed their notions of power and obedience , abhorrent from our laws , from the pompous ideas of imperial greatness , and the fubmiffion to ...
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