The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin ...W. Bowyer, C. Bathurst, W. Owen, W. Strahan, J. Rivington, J. Hinton, L. Davis, and C. Reymers, R. Baldwin, J. Dodsley, S. Crowder and Company and B. Collins., 1768 |
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... danger already of appearing the first aggreffors . It is to be lamented , that Virgil let pafs a line , which told pofterity he had two enemies called Bavius and Ma- vius . The wifeft way is not once to name them , but ( as the madman ...
... danger already of appearing the first aggreffors . It is to be lamented , that Virgil let pafs a line , which told pofterity he had two enemies called Bavius and Ma- vius . The wifeft way is not once to name them , but ( as the madman ...
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... dangers , where prudence or courage is required , do ra- ther incite us to fly for counfel or affist- ance to a fingle perfon , than a multitude . The fecond natural divifion of power is of fuch men , who have acquired large pof ...
... dangers , where prudence or courage is required , do ra- ther incite us to fly for counfel or affist- ance to a fingle perfon , than a multitude . The fecond natural divifion of power is of fuch men , who have acquired large pof ...
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... dangerous tenet . If dominion muft follow property , let it follow in the fame pace ; for change in property through the bulk of a nation makes flow marches , and its due power always attends it . To conclude , that what- ever attempt ...
... dangerous tenet . If dominion muft follow property , let it follow in the fame pace ; for change in property through the bulk of a nation makes flow marches , and its due power always attends it . To conclude , that what- ever attempt ...
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... dangerous for fuch a conteft : these were Pompey and Cæfar , two stars of fuch a magnitude , that their conjunc- tion was as likely to be fatal , as their op- pofition . The tribunes and people , having now subdued all competitors ...
... dangerous for fuch a conteft : these were Pompey and Cæfar , two stars of fuch a magnitude , that their conjunc- tion was as likely to be fatal , as their op- pofition . The tribunes and people , having now subdued all competitors ...
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... danger nor fear , nor can poffibly enflave their country ; but that once broken , the divided parties are forced to unite each to its head , under whofe conduct or fortune one fide is at firft victorious , and at last both are flaves ...
... danger nor fear , nor can poffibly enflave their country ; but that once broken , the divided parties are forced to unite each to its head , under whofe conduct or fortune one fide is at firft victorious , and at last both are flaves ...
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