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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... nature . A panegyric upon the world . An analytical difcourfe upon zeal , hiftori - thec - phyfi - lo gically confidered . A general history of ears . A modeft defence of the proceedings of the rabble in all ages . A description of the ...
... nature . A panegyric upon the world . An analytical difcourfe upon zeal , hiftori - thec - phyfi - lo gically confidered . A general history of ears . A modeft defence of the proceedings of the rabble in all ages . A description of the ...
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... nature they 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 ...
... nature they 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 ...
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... nature with the fchool of bobby - horses , if one may venture to cenfure one , who is fo severe a censurer of others , perhaps with too little distinction . dedication , dedication , without fome notable diftinguishing stroke to ...
... nature with the fchool of bobby - horses , if one may venture to cenfure one , who is fo severe a censurer of others , perhaps with too little distinction . dedication , dedication , without fome notable diftinguishing stroke to ...
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... nature , through the following treatise , the form aforefaid is implied ; which I mention , to fave the trouble of repeating it on fo many occafions . It is a great eafe to my confcience , that I have writ- ten fo elaborate and useful a ...
... nature , through the following treatise , the form aforefaid is implied ; which I mention , to fave the trouble of repeating it on fo many occafions . It is a great eafe to my confcience , that I have writ- ten fo elaborate and useful a ...
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... Nature herself has taken order , that famé and honour should be purchased at a better pennyworth by fatire , than by ... natural . For the materials of panegyric , being very few in number , have been long fince exhaust- ed . For as ...
... Nature herself has taken order , that famé and honour should be purchased at a better pennyworth by fatire , than by ... natural . For the materials of panegyric , being very few in number , have been long fince exhaust- ed . For as ...
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