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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... those wri- tings , which we defigned for the press : but in thefe , the publication whereof was not ow- ing to our folly , but that of others , the omif- fion of the names was not in our power . At the worst , we can only give them that ...
... those wri- tings , which we defigned for the press : but in thefe , the publication whereof was not ow- ing to our folly , but that of others , the omif- fion of the names was not in our power . At the worst , we can only give them that ...
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... Those very booksellers , who have fupported themselves upon an author's fame while he lived , have done their utmost after his death to leffen it by such practices : Even a man's laft will is not fecure from being expofed in print ...
... Those very booksellers , who have fupported themselves upon an author's fame while he lived , have done their utmost after his death to leffen it by such practices : Even a man's laft will is not fecure from being expofed in print ...
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... those rea- foners , who employ fo much of their zeal , their wit , and their leisure for the upholding the balance of power in Christendom , at the fame time that by their practices they are en- deavouring to destroy it at home , are ...
... those rea- foners , who employ fo much of their zeal , their wit , and their leisure for the upholding the balance of power in Christendom , at the fame time that by their practices they are en- deavouring to destroy it at home , are ...
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... those whom Phocion had banished , the plot fucceeded . Phocion was accufed by popular orators , and put to death . Thus was the moft powerful commonwealth of all Greece , after great degeneracies from the inftitution of Solon , utterly ...
... those whom Phocion had banished , the plot fucceeded . Phocion was accufed by popular orators , and put to death . Thus was the moft powerful commonwealth of all Greece , after great degeneracies from the inftitution of Solon , utterly ...
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... those Grecian prin- ces who came to the fiege of Troy , as well as by feveral paffages in the Odysses , it is mani- feft , that the power of thefe princes in their feveral states was much of a fize with that of the kings in Sparta , the ...
... those Grecian prin- ces who came to the fiege of Troy , as well as by feveral paffages in the Odysses , it is mani- feft , that the power of thefe princes in their feveral states was much of a fize with that of the kings in Sparta , the ...
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