The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift: Accurately Revised in Twelve Volumes, Adorned with Copper-plates, with Some Account of the Author's Life, and Notes Historical and Explanatory, Volume 1C. Bathurst, 1766 |
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... most remarkable and entertaining lives that is to be met with in ancient or modern history ) in which is included the ftate of England , France , Spain , Italy , the Swifs Cantons , Germany , Poland , Ruffia , Sweden , and the Low ...
... most remarkable and entertaining lives that is to be met with in ancient or modern history ) in which is included the ftate of England , France , Spain , Italy , the Swifs Cantons , Germany , Poland , Ruffia , Sweden , and the Low ...
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... most accurate French edition of Peter Cofte . In three volumes Octavo . VI . The Works of Sir William Temple , Bart . com- plete , in four volumes Octavo . To which is prefixed , the life and character of the author . VII . The Works of ...
... most accurate French edition of Peter Cofte . In three volumes Octavo . VI . The Works of Sir William Temple , Bart . com- plete , in four volumes Octavo . To which is prefixed , the life and character of the author . VII . The Works of ...
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... most obvious and natural meaning is just contrary . That we defire to con- ceal no act which upon reflection we do not dif- cover to be vicious , because virtue is pleafed in proportion as it is displayed ; and indeed thefe verfes could ...
... most obvious and natural meaning is just contrary . That we defire to con- ceal no act which upon reflection we do not dif- cover to be vicious , because virtue is pleafed in proportion as it is displayed ; and indeed thefe verfes could ...
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... most defpife . It appears alfo by a letter of Mr. Pope , dated 15th Sept. 1734 , that the Dean bad ftrongly difavowed this piece , not to him only , but to Lord Car- teret , and others , and that there was reafon to believe it the ...
... most defpife . It appears alfo by a letter of Mr. Pope , dated 15th Sept. 1734 , that the Dean bad ftrongly difavowed this piece , not to him only , but to Lord Car- teret , and others , and that there was reafon to believe it the ...
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... most rational devotion ; he was indeed devout , not only in his public and folemn addresses to God , but in that tranfient act of adoration , which is called faying grace , and which generally confifts only in a mutter and a bow , in ...
... most rational devotion ; he was indeed devout , not only in his public and folemn addresses to God , but in that tranfient act of adoration , which is called faying grace , and which generally confifts only in a mutter and a bow , in ...
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