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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... humanity or truth , let thofe , who think it worth their while , determine . It is agreed , this anfwerer would have fuc- ceeded much better , if he had stuck wholly to his bufinefs , as a commentator upon the Tale of a Tub , wherein it ...
... humanity or truth , let thofe , who think it worth their while , determine . It is agreed , this anfwerer would have fuc- ceeded much better , if he had stuck wholly to his bufinefs , as a commentator upon the Tale of a Tub , wherein it ...
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... human nature . A panegyric upon the world . An analytical difcourfe upon zeal , biftori- theo - phyfilogically confidered , A general history of ears . A modeft defence of the proceedings of the rabble in all ages . A defcription of the ...
... human nature . A panegyric upon the world . An analytical difcourfe upon zeal , biftori- theo - phyfilogically confidered , A general history of ears . A modeft defence of the proceedings of the rabble in all ages . A defcription of the ...
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... human wit in this po- lite and most accomplished age , Methinks , the number of appellants were enough to fhock and startle any judge of a genius less unlimited than yours : but , in order to pre- vent fuch glorious trials , the perfon ...
... human wit in this po- lite and most accomplished age , Methinks , the number of appellants were enough to fhock and startle any judge of a genius less unlimited than yours : but , in order to pre- vent fuch glorious trials , the perfon ...
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... human things , that I have been fome year's preparing materials towards A panegyric upon the world ; to which I intended to add a fecond part , intitled , A modef defence of the proceedings of the rabble in all ages . Both thefe I had ...
... human things , that I have been fome year's preparing materials towards A panegyric upon the world ; to which I intended to add a fecond part , intitled , A modef defence of the proceedings of the rabble in all ages . Both thefe I had ...
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... human ears . Of ladders I need fay nothing : it is ob- ferved by foreigners themselves , to the honour of our country , that we excel all nations in our practice and understanding of this ma- chine . The afcending orators do not only ...
... human ears . Of ladders I need fay nothing : it is ob- ferved by foreigners themselves , to the honour of our country , that we excel all nations in our practice and understanding of this ma- chine . The afcending orators do not only ...
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