The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, DublinC. Bathurst, J. Rivington, W. Strahan, B. Collins, J. Hinton, J. Dodsley, L. Davis and C. Reymers, R. Baldwin, and W. Bowyer, 1766 |
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... fenfe , as well as piety , are greedily read , merely upon the ftrength of bold , false , impious affertions , mixed with unmannerly reflexions upon the priesthood , and openly intended against all religion ; in fhort , full of fuch ...
... fenfe , as well as piety , are greedily read , merely upon the ftrength of bold , false , impious affertions , mixed with unmannerly reflexions upon the priesthood , and openly intended against all religion ; in fhort , full of fuch ...
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... fenfe , and to no purpose : whoever , I fay , fhould venture to be thus particular , must expect to be imprisoned for fcandalum magnatum ; to have chal- lenges fent him ; to be fued for defamation ; and to be brought before the bar of ...
... fenfe , and to no purpose : whoever , I fay , fhould venture to be thus particular , must expect to be imprisoned for fcandalum magnatum ; to have chal- lenges fent him ; to be fued for defamation ; and to be brought before the bar of ...
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... fenfe and human rea- fon . The matter , as we have faid , is of rotten wood ; and that upon two confiderations ; because it is the qua lity of rotten wood to give light in the dark : and , se- condly , becaufe its cavities are full of ...
... fenfe and human rea- fon . The matter , as we have faid , is of rotten wood ; and that upon two confiderations ; because it is the qua lity of rotten wood to give light in the dark : and , se- condly , becaufe its cavities are full of ...
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... fenfe . However , he objected again , why their father fhould : forbid them to wear a broom - stick on their coats ; a caution that seemed unnatural and impertinent . Upon which he was taken up fhort , as one that spoke irreve rently of ...
... fenfe . However , he objected again , why their father fhould : forbid them to wear a broom - stick on their coats ; a caution that seemed unnatural and impertinent . Upon which he was taken up fhort , as one that spoke irreve rently of ...
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... fenfe ; that one principal part of his office was to praife and acquit ; and that a critic , who sets up to read only for an occafion of cenfure and reproof , is a creature as barbarous , as a judge , who fhould take up a refolution to ...
... fenfe ; that one principal part of his office was to praife and acquit ; and that a critic , who sets up to read only for an occafion of cenfure and reproof , is a creature as barbarous , as a judge , who fhould take up a refolution to ...
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