THE WORKS OF THE Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volume 3C. BATHURST, in Fleetstreet, 1760 |
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... interest of that great commonwealth ; and the famous naval victory over the Perfians at Salamais was owing to his conduct . It seems the people obferved fomewhat of haughtiness in his temper and behaviour , and therefore banished him ...
... interest of that great commonwealth ; and the famous naval victory over the Perfians at Salamais was owing to his conduct . It seems the people obferved fomewhat of haughtiness in his temper and behaviour , and therefore banished him ...
Page 67
... interest of a party , plainly fhews , that either our heads or our hearts are not as they should be ; yet this very practice is the very fundamental law of each faction among us , as may be obvious to any , who will impartially and ...
... interest of a party , plainly fhews , that either our heads or our hearts are not as they should be ; yet this very practice is the very fundamental law of each faction among us , as may be obvious to any , who will impartially and ...
Page 96
... interest to advance an opinion , merely because it is that of the party he most approves ; which one fingle principle he looks upon as the root of all our civil animofities . To enter into a party , as into an order of friers , with fo ...
... interest to advance an opinion , merely because it is that of the party he most approves ; which one fingle principle he looks upon as the root of all our civil animofities . To enter into a party , as into an order of friers , with fo ...
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... interest of virtue and religion , that the whole kingdom should be informed in fome parts of your character : for in- ftance , that the easiest and politeft conversation , joined with the trueft piety , may be obferved in your ladyship ...
... interest of virtue and religion , that the whole kingdom should be informed in fome parts of your character : for in- ftance , that the easiest and politeft conversation , joined with the trueft piety , may be obferved in your ladyship ...
Page 137
... interest , there is no other fence against them , but the certainty of being hanged upon the first difcovery , by the arbitrary will of an unlimited monarch , or his vizier . Among us the only danger to be apprehended is the lofs of an ...
... interest , there is no other fence against them , but the certainty of being hanged upon the first difcovery , by the arbitrary will of an unlimited monarch , or his vizier . Among us the only danger to be apprehended is the lofs of an ...
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