The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, DublinC. Bathurst, J. Rivington, W. Strahan, B. Collins, J. Hinton, J. Dodsley, L. Davis and C. Reymers, R. Baldwin, and W. Bowyer, 1766 |
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Page 22
... light enough to fwim upon the furface for all eternity . Therefore the fault is in him , who tied weights fo heavy to their heels , as to deprefs them to the centre . Is their very effence destroyed ! who has annihilated them ? were ...
... light enough to fwim upon the furface for all eternity . Therefore the fault is in him , who tied weights fo heavy to their heels , as to deprefs them to the centre . Is their very effence destroyed ! who has annihilated them ? were ...
Page 28
... light .镇 It is intended , that a large academy be erected , ca- pable of containing nine thoufand feven hundred forty and three perfons ; which , by modest computation , is reckoned to be pretty near the current number of wits in this ...
... light .镇 It is intended , that a large academy be erected , ca- pable of containing nine thoufand feven hundred forty and three perfons ; which , by modest computation , is reckoned to be pretty near the current number of wits in this ...
Page 39
... light . There is now in the prefs , and will be published next term , a panegyrical effay of mine upon this num- ber ; wherein I have , by most convincing proofs , not only reduced the fenfes and the elements under its banner , but ...
... light . There is now in the prefs , and will be published next term , a panegyrical effay of mine upon this num- ber ; wherein I have , by most convincing proofs , not only reduced the fenfes and the elements under its banner , but ...
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... light , foar highest of all ; and would be loft in the roof , if the prudent architect had not , with much fore- fight , contrived for them a fourth place called the twelve- penny gallery , and there planted a fuitable colony , who ...
... light , foar highest of all ; and would be loft in the roof , if the prudent architect had not , with much fore- fight , contrived for them a fourth place called the twelve- penny gallery , and there planted a fuitable colony , who ...
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... light in the dark : and , se- condly , becaufe its cavities are full of worms ; which is a type with a pair of handles * , having a refpect to the two principal qualifications of the orator , and the two . different fates attending upon ...
... light in the dark : and , se- condly , becaufe its cavities are full of worms ; which is a type with a pair of handles * , having a refpect to the two principal qualifications of the orator , and the two . different fates attending upon ...
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