The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volume 1C. Bathurst, 1768 |
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... fill his mind with pleafing images , and for a while fufpend the fenfe of his condition . The facrifice of the future to the prefent , whether it be a folly or a fault , fault , is feldom unpunished , and Swift foon found AN ACCOUNT OF THE.
... fill his mind with pleafing images , and for a while fufpend the fenfe of his condition . The facrifice of the future to the prefent , whether it be a folly or a fault , fault , is feldom unpunished , and Swift foon found AN ACCOUNT OF THE.
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... prefent he fhew- ed one day to Harley , who having admired the paint- ing and the workmanship , at laft fpied a figure ftud- ed on the outfide of the bottom , which he thought resembled a goofe , upon which turning to the doctor ...
... prefent he fhew- ed one day to Harley , who having admired the paint- ing and the workmanship , at laft fpied a figure ftud- ed on the outfide of the bottom , which he thought resembled a goofe , upon which turning to the doctor ...
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... prefent State of Affairs , which he thought might be ufeful at that juncture , and fent it up to London , but , fome difference of opi- nion happening between him and lord Bolingbroke Lett to Pope , 10 Jan. 1721 . concerning it , the ...
... prefent State of Affairs , which he thought might be ufeful at that juncture , and fent it up to London , but , fome difference of opi- nion happening between him and lord Bolingbroke Lett to Pope , 10 Jan. 1721 . concerning it , the ...
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... prefent government , became greater than those which might probably be expected from changing it by violence , a revolution was juftifiable , and this he believed to have been the cafe in that which was brought about by the prince of ...
... prefent government , became greater than those which might probably be expected from changing it by violence , a revolution was juftifiable , and this he believed to have been the cafe in that which was brought about by the prince of ...
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... prefent , but he confecrated and administered it with his own . hands in a manner equally graceful and devout ; he attended at church every morning , and generally . preached in his turn ; he alfo conftantly attended the performance of ...
... prefent , but he confecrated and administered it with his own . hands in a manner equally graceful and devout ; he attended at church every morning , and generally . preached in his turn ; he alfo conftantly attended the performance of ...
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