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Among the mifcellanies is the hiftory of John Bull , a political allegory , which is now farther opened by a fhort narrative of the facts upon which it is founded , whether fuppofitious or true , at the foot of the page .
Among the mifcellanies is the hiftory of John Bull , a political allegory , which is now farther opened by a fhort narrative of the facts upon which it is founded , whether fuppofitious or true , at the foot of the page .
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And though it is true that the English nobility are councellors to the king and kingdom by right of birth , yet it is not true that they are born councellors . Ibid . Chap . VI . It appears by many passages , that the ftature of the ...
And though it is true that the English nobility are councellors to the king and kingdom by right of birth , yet it is not true that they are born councellors . Ibid . Chap . VI . It appears by many passages , that the ftature of the ...
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But the contrary is incontestably true , for there are not quite two months between the date of his teftimonium , and his taking his master's degree . Befides in the letter to his uncle just mentioned ...
But the contrary is incontestably true , for there are not quite two months between the date of his teftimonium , and his taking his master's degree . Befides in the letter to his uncle just mentioned ...
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It is equally true , and equally evident , that Swift had no expectations of advantage from his connexion with these perfons , that he knew they could not long preferve their power , that he did not honour it while it lafted , and that ...
It is equally true , and equally evident , that Swift had no expectations of advantage from his connexion with these perfons , that he knew they could not long preferve their power , that he did not honour it while it lafted , and that ...
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Neither was this conduct the effect of pride and felf - fufficiency , but of true dignity of mind , for he exacted nothing which , in his turn , he did not pay , nor asked more for himself than for others , whofe pretenfions or ...
Neither was this conduct the effect of pride and felf - fufficiency , but of true dignity of mind , for he exacted nothing which , in his turn , he did not pay , nor asked more for himself than for others , whofe pretenfions or ...
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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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