THE WORKS OF THE Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volume 3C. BATHURST, in Fleetstreet, 1760 |
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... present age ; not our ftudies , but our follies ; not our works , but our idleneffes . Some comfort however it is , that all of them are inno- cent , and most of them , flight as they are , had yet a moral tendency ; either to soften ...
... present age ; not our ftudies , but our follies ; not our works , but our idleneffes . Some comfort however it is , that all of them are inno- cent , and most of them , flight as they are , had yet a moral tendency ; either to soften ...
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... present pain , but with certain profpect of fudden and ter- rible returns . When a child grows easy and con- tent by being humoured ; and when a lover be- comes fatisfied by fmall compliances , without further . pursuits ; then expect ...
... present pain , but with certain profpect of fudden and ter- rible returns . When a child grows easy and con- tent by being humoured ; and when a lover be- comes fatisfied by fmall compliances , without further . pursuits ; then expect ...
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... present pofture of affairs and disposi- tions in this kingdom . The fate of empire is grown a common - place : that all forms of government having been instituted by men , must be mortal like their authors , and have their periods of ...
... present pofture of affairs and disposi- tions in this kingdom . The fate of empire is grown a common - place : that all forms of government having been instituted by men , must be mortal like their authors , and have their periods of ...
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... present , that any juft fears of encroachment are given us from the regal power , or the few : and , is it then impoffible to err on the other fide ? How far must we proceed , or where fhall we ftop ? The raging of the ja , and the ...
... present , that any juft fears of encroachment are given us from the regal power , or the few : and , is it then impoffible to err on the other fide ? How far must we proceed , or where fhall we ftop ? The raging of the ja , and the ...
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... present king , grounded upon a long opinion and experience of his merit , as well as conceffions to all their reasonable defires : fo that it is for fome time they have begun to fay , and to fetch inftances , where he hath in many ...
... present king , grounded upon a long opinion and experience of his merit , as well as conceffions to all their reasonable defires : fo that it is for fome time they have begun to fay , and to fetch inftances , where he hath in many ...
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