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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... itself , in the worst light . The truth is , Swift's difap- pointments had rendered him fplenetic and angry with the whole world , and he frequent- ly indulged himself in a mifanthropy that is intolerable ; he has done fo particularly ...
... itself , in the worst light . The truth is , Swift's difap- pointments had rendered him fplenetic and angry with the whole world , and he frequent- ly indulged himself in a mifanthropy that is intolerable ; he has done fo particularly ...
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... itself . Poli- tics were his favourite topic , as they gave him an op- portunity of gratifying his ambition , and thirft of power : yet in this road he has feldom continued long in one path . He has written miscellaneoufly , and has ...
... itself . Poli- tics were his favourite topic , as they gave him an op- portunity of gratifying his ambition , and thirft of power : yet in this road he has feldom continued long in one path . He has written miscellaneoufly , and has ...
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... decreed , that , in order to prevent these Leviathans from toffing and fporting with the commonwealth , which of itself is too apt to fluctuate , they should be diverted from that game .VOL . I. C by by a Tale of a Tub . And my genius.
... decreed , that , in order to prevent these Leviathans from toffing and fporting with the commonwealth , which of itself is too apt to fluctuate , they should be diverted from that game .VOL . I. C by by a Tale of a Tub . And my genius.
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... itself , though raised to a proper eminency , put in a better claim , whatever its ligion- -But although our fatirical author , now and then may have indulged himself in some personal animofities , or may have taken freedoms not fo ...
... itself , though raised to a proper eminency , put in a better claim , whatever its ligion- -But although our fatirical author , now and then may have indulged himself in some personal animofities , or may have taken freedoms not fo ...
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... itself hath instructed the hearers to ftand with their mouths open , and erected parallel to the horizon , fo as they may be interfected by a perpen- dicular line from the zenith to the centre of the earth . In which position , if the ...
... itself hath instructed the hearers to ftand with their mouths open , and erected parallel to the horizon , fo as they may be interfected by a perpen- dicular line from the zenith to the centre of the earth . In which position , if the ...
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