The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...: Accurately Revised ... Adorned with Copper-plates; with Some Account of the Author's Life, and Notes Historical and Explanatory, Volume 1C. Bathurst, 1764 |
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... Besides , thofe , whofe teeth are too rotten to bite , are beft , of all others , qualified to revenge that defect with their breath . I am not like other men , to envy or under- value the talents I cannot reach ; for which reason I ...
... Besides , thofe , whofe teeth are too rotten to bite , are beft , of all others , qualified to revenge that defect with their breath . I am not like other men , to envy or under- value the talents I cannot reach ; for which reason I ...
Page 162
... besides , a perfon of great defign and improvement in affairs of devotion , hav- ing introduced a new deity , who hath fince met with a vaft number of worshippers ; by fome called babel , by others , chaos ; who had an antient temple of ...
... besides , a perfon of great defign and improvement in affairs of devotion , hav- ing introduced a new deity , who hath fince met with a vaft number of worshippers ; by fome called babel , by others , chaos ; who had an antient temple of ...
Page 230
... besides this of Mahomet . For my own part , I must confess to bear a very fingular refpect to this animal , by whom I take human nature to be most admirably held forth inall its qualities as well as opera- tions and therefore , whatever ...
... besides this of Mahomet . For my own part , I must confess to bear a very fingular refpect to this animal , by whom I take human nature to be most admirably held forth inall its qualities as well as opera- tions and therefore , whatever ...
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