THE WORKS OF THE Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volume 3C. BATHURST, in Fleetstreet, 1760 |
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... thoughts upon the ftate of affairs in the year 1714 Thoughts on various fubjects P. 239 P. 266 This is the only piece in this volume which was not writ- ten by Dr. Swift . PREFACE TH HE Papers that compose the first of these vo- CONTENT S.
... thoughts upon the ftate of affairs in the year 1714 Thoughts on various fubjects P. 239 P. 266 This is the only piece in this volume which was not writ- ten by Dr. Swift . PREFACE TH HE Papers that compose the first of these vo- CONTENT S.
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... thought on . Some fallies of levity ought to be imputed to youth , ( fuppofed in charity , as it was in truth , to be the time in which we wrote them ; ) others to the gaiety of our minds at cer- tain junctures common to all men . The ...
... thought on . Some fallies of levity ought to be imputed to youth , ( fuppofed in charity , as it was in truth , to be the time in which we wrote them ; ) others to the gaiety of our minds at cer- tain junctures common to all men . The ...
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... thought unlikely to reach the future , but unworthy even of the 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 ...
... thought unlikely to reach the future , but unworthy even of the 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 ...
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... this model purely by chance , ( which I take to have been nature and common reafon ) but the Spartans by thought and defign . And Fragm , lib . 6 . fuch L fuch at Carthage was the † Jumma reipublicæ , IN ATHENS AND ROME . 15.
... this model purely by chance , ( which I take to have been nature and common reafon ) but the Spartans by thought and defign . And Fragm , lib . 6 . fuch L fuch at Carthage was the † Jumma reipublicæ , IN ATHENS AND ROME . 15.
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... thought ; but feem to be employed like a man , who pulls down with his right hand what he has been building with his left . Thirdly , This makes appear the error of those , who think it an uncontrollable maxim , that power is always ...
... thought ; but feem to be employed like a man , who pulls down with his right hand what he has been building with his left . Thirdly , This makes appear the error of those , who think it an uncontrollable maxim , that power is always ...
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