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Page 115
But it might have been more fairly of a fered for the honour of liberty , that , while
the rest of the known world was over - run with the arbitrary government of single
persons , arts and fciences took their rife , and flourished , only in those few small
...
But it might have been more fairly of a fered for the honour of liberty , that , while
the rest of the known world was over - run with the arbitrary government of single
persons , arts and fciences took their rife , and flourished , only in those few small
...
Page 159
Hence have likewise arisen those mistakes about what is usually called liberty of
conscience ; which , properly speaking , is no more than a liberty of knowing our
own thoughts ; which liberty no one can take from us . But - those words have ...
Hence have likewise arisen those mistakes about what is usually called liberty of
conscience ; which , properly speaking , is no more than a liberty of knowing our
own thoughts ; which liberty no one can take from us . But - those words have ...
Page 309
This introduction begins with a definition of liberty , and then proceeds in a
panegyric upon that great blessing . His panegyric is made up of half a dozen
shreds , like a school - boy ' s theme , beaten general topicks , where any other
man alive ...
This introduction begins with a definition of liberty , and then proceeds in a
panegyric upon that great blessing . His panegyric is made up of half a dozen
shreds , like a school - boy ' s theme , beaten general topicks , where any other
man alive ...
Page 310
and children love liberty ; and you cannot please them better , than by letting
them do what they please . Had Mr . Steele contented himself to deliver these
and the like maxims in such intelligible terms , I could have found where we
agreed ...
and children love liberty ; and you cannot please them better , than by letting
them do what they please . Had Mr . Steele contented himself to deliver these
and the like maxims in such intelligible terms , I could have found where we
agreed ...
Page 311
I cannot sufficiently commend our ancestors for transmitting to us the blessing of
liberty ; yet having laid out their blood and treasure upon the purchase , I do not
see how they acted parhmoniously ; because I can conceive nothing more ...
I cannot sufficiently commend our ancestors for transmitting to us the blessing of
liberty ; yet having laid out their blood and treasure upon the purchase , I do not
see how they acted parhmoniously ; because I can conceive nothing more ...
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| Title | The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Including the Whole of His Posthumous Pieces, Letters, &c, Volume 2 The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Including the Whole of His Posthumous Pieces, Letters, &c, John Hawkesworth |
| Authors | Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth |
| Publisher | C. Elliot, 1784 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 15 Nov 2006 |
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