THE WORKS OF THE Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volume 3C. BATHURST, in Fleetstreet, 1760 |
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... a falfe name to a writing , which may prejudice another's fortune , the law punishes . the offender with the lofs of his ears ; but has inflicted VOL . III . B ⚫ on no adequate penalty for fuch , as prejudice another's re- PREFACE .
... a falfe name to a writing , which may prejudice another's fortune , the law punishes . the offender with the lofs of his ears ; but has inflicted VOL . III . B ⚫ on no adequate penalty for fuch , as prejudice another's re- PREFACE .
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... write below him- felf ; either his fubject not proving fo fruitful , or fitted for him , as he at first imagined ; or his health , or his humour , or the prefent difpofition of his mind , un- qualifying him at that juncture : However ...
... write below him- felf ; either his fubject not proving fo fruitful , or fitted for him , as he at first imagined ; or his health , or his humour , or the prefent difpofition of his mind , un- qualifying him at that juncture : However ...
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... writer is in poffeffion of , the more of fuch trash he may bear to have tacked to him . Thus it is apparently the editor's intereft to infert , what the au- thor's judgment had rejected ; and care is always taken to intersperse these ...
... writer is in poffeffion of , the more of fuch trash he may bear to have tacked to him . Thus it is apparently the editor's intereft to infert , what the au- thor's judgment had rejected ; and care is always taken to intersperse these ...
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... writing in , and relate only fuch diffentions in Greece and Rome , between the nobles and commons , with the confequences of them , wherein the latter were the aggreffors . I fhall begin with Greece , where my observations shall be ...
... writing in , and relate only fuch diffentions in Greece and Rome , between the nobles and commons , with the confequences of them , wherein the latter were the aggreffors . I fhall begin with Greece , where my observations shall be ...
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... writer Dio- nyfius Halicarnaffeus , whofe hiftory , through the in- jury of time , reaches no farther than to the be- ginning of the fourth century after the building of Rome . The reft I shall supply from other authors , though I do ...
... writer Dio- nyfius Halicarnaffeus , whofe hiftory , through the in- jury of time , reaches no farther than to the be- ginning of the fourth century after the building of Rome . The reft I shall supply from other authors , though I do ...
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abfolute abuſe adminiſtration affembly againſt almoſt anſwer Athens becauſe Befides beft beſt cafe cardinal de Noailles cauſe chriſtianity church church of England clergy common confequences conftitution corruptions court defign defire diffenters diſcover endeavour England eſtabliſhed facramental fafe faid fame fatire fects fecure feems fenate fent ferve feveral fhall fhew fide fince fingle firſt fome fometimes foon ftate fubject fucceffion fuch fuppofe fure greateſt Greece hath himſelf honour houfe houſe impeached intereft itſelf juftice king kingdom laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs lord minifters miniftry moft moſt muſt myſelf neceffary neceffity nobles obferve occafion opinion Partridge party paſs paſt perfon Phocion pleaſe pleaſure poffible prefent preſerve pretend prince propofed publick publiſhed raiſed reaſon reft religion Rome ſeems ſeveral ſhall ſhould ſome ſtate ſuch thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion ufually underſtand univerfal uſed utmoſt whigs whofe whoſe wife