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He had a mortal antipathy against standing armies , in times of peace , and was of opinion that our liberty could never be placed upon a firm foundation till the antient law fhould be revived , by which our parliaments were made annual ...
He had a mortal antipathy against standing armies , in times of peace , and was of opinion that our liberty could never be placed upon a firm foundation till the antient law fhould be revived , by which our parliaments were made annual ...
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To which is added , An Account of a Battle between the Antient and Modern Books in St. James's Library . Basyma cacabafa eanaa , irraumifta diarbada calota bafobor camelanthi . Iren . Lib . 1. C. 18.3 -Juvatque novos decerpere flores ...
To which is added , An Account of a Battle between the Antient and Modern Books in St. James's Library . Basyma cacabafa eanaa , irraumifta diarbada calota bafobor camelanthi . Iren . Lib . 1. C. 18.3 -Juvatque novos decerpere flores ...
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... during a long prorogation of parliament , a great dearth of foreign news , and a The citation out of Iraneus in the title page , which feems to be all Gibberish , is a form of initiation used antiently by the Marcofian heretics .
... during a long prorogation of parliament , a great dearth of foreign news , and a The citation out of Iraneus in the title page , which feems to be all Gibberish , is a form of initiation used antiently by the Marcofian heretics .
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The degree of perfection in fhape and fize I take to confist in being extreamly narrow , with little ornament , and beft of all without a cover ( for , by antient rule it ought to be the only uncovered veffel in every affembly , where ...
The degree of perfection in fhape and fize I take to confist in being extreamly narrow , with little ornament , and beft of all without a cover ( for , by antient rule it ought to be the only uncovered veffel in every affembly , where ...
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... the pride , and ignorance of the antients . This unknown author hath fo exhaufted the fubject , that a penetrating reader will cafily discover whatever hath been written fince upon that dispute to be little more than repetition .
... the pride , and ignorance of the antients . This unknown author hath fo exhaufted the fubject , that a penetrating reader will cafily discover whatever hath been written fince upon that dispute to be little more than repetition .
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| Title | The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift Volume 1 of 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, Jonathan Swift The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth |
| Author | Jonathan Swift |
| Editors | John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift |
| Publisher | W. Bowyer, 1768 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 17 Feb 2009 |
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