The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Accurately Revised, in Twelve Volumes. Adorned with Copper-plates; with Some Account of the Author's Life, and Notes Historical and Explanatory, Volume 3C. Bathurst, T. Osborne, W. Bowyer, J. Hinton, W. Strahan, B. Collins, J. Rivington, R. Baldwin, L. Davis and C. Reymers, and J. Dodsley., 1765 |
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... in- ftance , that tyranny is confined to numbers . I shall mention but one example more a- mong a great number , that might be produ ced ; it is related by the author Iaft cited . The orators of the people at Argos ( whether you will ...
... in- ftance , that tyranny is confined to numbers . I shall mention but one example more a- mong a great number , that might be produ ced ; it is related by the author Iaft cited . The orators of the people at Argos ( whether you will ...
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... inftance could be produced of a popular affembly , that ever knew , or propofed , or declared what fhare of power was their due ; then might there be fome hopes , that it were a matter to be adjusted by reasonings , by con- ferences ...
... inftance could be produced of a popular affembly , that ever knew , or propofed , or declared what fhare of power was their due ; then might there be fome hopes , that it were a matter to be adjusted by reasonings , by con- ferences ...
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... inftance ; I do not charge it up- on the body of the whigs or the tories , that their feveral principles lead them ... inftances , on one fide , either of avowed prefbyterians , or perfons of libertine and atheistical tenets , and on the ...
... inftance ; I do not charge it up- on the body of the whigs or the tories , that their feveral principles lead them ... inftances , on one fide , either of avowed prefbyterians , or perfons of libertine and atheistical tenets , and on the ...
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... inftance ; do not the generality of whigs and tories among us profefs to agree in the fame fundamentals , their loyalty to the queen , their abjuration of the pretender , the fettle- ment of the crown in the protestant line , and a ...
... inftance ; do not the generality of whigs and tories among us profefs to agree in the fame fundamentals , their loyalty to the queen , their abjuration of the pretender , the fettle- ment of the crown in the protestant line , and a ...
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... in- ftance in one opinion , which I look upon eve- ry man obliged in confcience to quit , or pru- dence to conceal ; I mean , that whoever ar- gues in defence of abfolute power in a single perfon , though he offers the old plausible ...
... in- ftance in one opinion , which I look upon eve- ry man obliged in confcience to quit , or pru- dence to conceal ; I mean , that whoever ar- gues in defence of abfolute power in a single perfon , though he offers the old plausible ...
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