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It is true indeed , that altho ' their numbers be vaft , and their productions numerous in propo : tion , yet are they hurried fo haftily off the scene , that they escape our memory , and elude our fight . When I first thought of this ...
It is true indeed , that altho ' their numbers be vaft , and their productions numerous in propo : tion , yet are they hurried fo haftily off the scene , that they escape our memory , and elude our fight . When I first thought of this ...
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... and , gently wafted to and fro by their own humming , do thus reprefent the foft breezes of their deities appeased . 8 This is an exact defcrip- face by enthufiaftie preachers . tion of the changes made in the It 5 It ...
... and , gently wafted to and fro by their own humming , do thus reprefent the foft breezes of their deities appeased . 8 This is an exact defcrip- face by enthufiaftie preachers . tion of the changes made in the It 5 It ...
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Having therefore fo narrowly paffed through this intricate difficulty , the reader will , I am fure , agree with me in the conclufion ; that if the moderns mean by madness only a difturbance or tranfpofi tion of the brain , by force of ...
Having therefore fo narrowly paffed through this intricate difficulty , the reader will , I am fure , agree with me in the conclufion ; that if the moderns mean by madness only a difturbance or tranfpofi tion of the brain , by force of ...
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Lonn 98242 Tit 33229 COS 3.83 tion , when managed by Ignorance ; which is thought to be enigmatically meant by Plutarch , when he tells us , that the best mufical inftruments were made from the bones of an ass .
Lonn 98242 Tit 33229 COS 3.83 tion , when managed by Ignorance ; which is thought to be enigmatically meant by Plutarch , when he tells us , that the best mufical inftruments were made from the bones of an ass .
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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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