THE WORKS OF THE Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volume 3C. BATHURST, in Fleetstreet, 1760 |
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... because it may happen to those , who vent praise or cenfure too pre- cipitately , as it did to an eminent English poet , who celebrated a young nobleman for erecting Dryden's mo- nument upon a promife , which his lordship forgot , till ...
... because it may happen to those , who vent praise or cenfure too pre- cipitately , as it did to an eminent English poet , who celebrated a young nobleman for erecting Dryden's mo- nument upon a promife , which his lordship forgot , till ...
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... because the point is material , I fhall cite a few to prove it . The * Romans having fent to Athens , and the Greek cities of Italy , for the copies of the beft laws , chofe Dionyf . Hal . lb. 10 . ten ten legiflators to put them into ...
... because the point is material , I fhall cite a few to prove it . The * Romans having fent to Athens , and the Greek cities of Italy , for the copies of the beft laws , chofe Dionyf . Hal . lb. 10 . ten ten legiflators to put them into ...
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Jonathan Swift. once ; and at last , the orators themselves , because they left off their accufations , or , to fpeak intelligibly , be-- cause they withdrew their impeachments ; having it seems , raised a spirit they were not able to ...
Jonathan Swift. once ; and at last , the orators themselves , because they left off their accufations , or , to fpeak intelligibly , be-- cause they withdrew their impeachments ; having it seems , raised a spirit they were not able to ...
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... lords and commons in Rome , would perhaps admit a controverfy . * Polybius tells us , that in the fecond Puniçk war the Cartha- Fragm . lib . 6 . D 3 ginians ginians were declining , because the balance was got too IN ATHENS AND ROME . 37.
... lords and commons in Rome , would perhaps admit a controverfy . * Polybius tells us , that in the fecond Puniçk war the Cartha- Fragm . lib . 6 . D 3 ginians ginians were declining , because the balance was got too IN ATHENS AND ROME . 37.
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Jonathan Swift. ginians were declining , because the balance was got too much on the fide of the people ; whereas the Romans were in their greatest vigour by the power remaining in the fenate : yet this was between two and three hundred ...
Jonathan Swift. ginians were declining , because the balance was got too much on the fide of the people ; whereas the Romans were in their greatest vigour by the power remaining in the fenate : yet this was between two and three hundred ...
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