The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Volume 2A. Donaldson, 1766 |
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... manners and good fenfe , which we never saw nor heard of till they appeared in print . For a forgery in fetting a falfe name to a writing , which may prejudice another's fortune , the law punishes the offender with the lofs of his cars ...
... manners and good fenfe , which we never saw nor heard of till they appeared in print . For a forgery in fetting a falfe name to a writing , which may prejudice another's fortune , the law punishes the offender with the lofs of his cars ...
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... manner , that fcarce any book of confequence can be bought , without pur- chafing fomething unworthy of the author along with it . may But in our own country it is ftill worfe : thofe very bookfellers , who have fupported themselves ...
... manner , that fcarce any book of confequence can be bought , without pur- chafing fomething unworthy of the author along with it . may But in our own country it is ftill worfe : thofe very bookfellers , who have fupported themselves ...
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... manner , confifts of what we not only thought unlikely to reach the future , but unworthy even of the prefent age ; not our ftudies , but our follies ; not our works , but our idleneffes . Some comfort however it is , that all of them ...
... manner , confifts of what we not only thought unlikely to reach the future , but unworthy even of the prefent age ; not our ftudies , but our follies ; not our works , but our idleneffes . Some comfort however it is , that all of them ...
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... manner of tyranny and oppref fion , as it is poffible for a single perfon to be , though we should fuppofe their number not only to be of four or five hundred , but above three thousand . Again , It is manifeft from what has been faid ...
... manner of tyranny and oppref fion , as it is poffible for a single perfon to be , though we should fuppofe their number not only to be of four or five hundred , but above three thousand . Again , It is manifeft from what has been faid ...
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... manner hath abfolute power been purfued by the feveral parties of each particular ftate ; wherein fingle perfons have met with moft fuccefs , though the endeavours of the few and the many have been frequent enough : yet , being neither ...
... manner hath abfolute power been purfued by the feveral parties of each particular ftate ; wherein fingle perfons have met with moft fuccefs , though the endeavours of the few and the many have been frequent enough : yet , being neither ...
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