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... present , but their friend the Medley ; the author of which paper , though he seems to be a man of good sense , and ... Présent State of Wit , " supposed to be written by Mr. Gay ; see the twenty - fourth volume of this edition . N. B 3 ...
... present , but their friend the Medley ; the author of which paper , though he seems to be a man of good sense , and ... Présent State of Wit , " supposed to be written by Mr. Gay ; see the twenty - fourth volume of this edition . N. B 3 ...
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... present . vindication of his friend , Mr. Lewis , in No . 21 of the third volume , Feb. 2 , 1712-13 , which is printed at length in the fourth volume of the present edition , is undoubtedly Swift's ; which he more than The * Of Mr ...
... present . vindication of his friend , Mr. Lewis , in No . 21 of the third volume , Feb. 2 , 1712-13 , which is printed at length in the fourth volume of the present edition , is undoubtedly Swift's ; which he more than The * Of Mr ...
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... present Editor cannot but be of opi- nion , that Swift's manly fortitude and very accurate discernment of the human heart would have prevented his being a dupe to the intrigues of a statesman , how- ever dignified . He himself assures ...
... present Editor cannot but be of opi- nion , that Swift's manly fortitude and very accurate discernment of the human heart would have prevented his being a dupe to the intrigues of a statesman , how- ever dignified . He himself assures ...
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... present incon- veniences are the consequence of the very counsels they so much admire , which would ftill have increas → ed , if those had continued ; and that neither our conftitution in church or state , could probably have been long ...
... present incon- veniences are the consequence of the very counsels they so much admire , which would ftill have increas → ed , if those had continued ; and that neither our conftitution in church or state , could probably have been long ...
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... present condition of affairs is admirably described by two verses in Lucan : Hinc usura vorax , avidumque in tempore fœnus , Hinc concussa fides , et multis utile bellum : which , without any great force upon the words , may be thus ...
... present condition of affairs is admirably described by two verses in Lucan : Hinc usura vorax , avidumque in tempore fœnus , Hinc concussa fides , et multis utile bellum : which , without any great force upon the words , may be thus ...
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Page 70 - And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood, after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
Page 77 - Faith to be agreed upon as aforesaid; and such who profess faith in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ His eternal Son, the true God, and in the Holy Spirit, God co-equal with the Father and the Son, one God blessed for ever, and do acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be the revealed Will and Word of God...
Page 308 - It will no doubt be a mighty comfort to our grandchildren, when they see a few rags hung up in Westminster Hall, which cost a hundred millions, whereof they are paying the arrears, to boast as beggars do that their grandfathers were rich and great.
Page 68 - For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. 19. The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners.
Page 9 - I may say him : for though sometimes I have been told by familiar friends, that they saw me such a time talking to the Examiner ; others, who have rallied me upon the sins of my youth, tell me it is credibly reported that I have formerly lain with the Examiner. I have carried my point, and rescued innocence from calumny ; and it is nothing to me, whether the Examiner writes against me in the character of an estranged friend* or an exasperated mistress.
Page 20 - ... been the guardian spirit of a prevailing party for almost twenty years. It can conquer kingdoms without fighting, and sometimes with the loss of a battle.
Page 312 - The answer is ready : we have been fighting for the ruin of the publick interest, and the advancement of a private. We have been fighting to raise the wealth and grandeur of a particular family ; to enrich usurers and stockjobbers, and to cultivate the pernicious designs of a faction, by destroying the landed interest.
Page 180 - ... swallowing a bullet. By the narrowness of their thoughts, one would imagine they conceived the world to be no wider than Exchange Alley. It is probable they may have such a sickly dame among them, and it is well if she has no worse diseases, considering what hands she passes through. But the national credit is of another complexion ; of sound health, and an even temper, her life and existence being a quintessence drawn from the vitals of the whole kingdom. And we find these money-politicians,...
Page 21 - I have been sometimes thinking, if a man had the art of the second sight for seeing lies, as they have in Scotland for seeing spirits, how admirably he might entertain himself in this town, by observing the different shapes, sizes, and colours of those swarms of lies which buzz about the heads of some people, like flies about a horse's ears in summer ; or those legions hovering every afternoon in...
Page 306 - It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffeehouse for the voice of the kingdom.