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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... true practice of either fcience . But religion , they tell us , ought not to be ridiculed ; and they tell us truth : yet furely the corruptions in it may ; for we are taught by the triteft maxim in the world , that religion being the ...
... true practice of either fcience . But religion , they tell us , ought not to be ridiculed ; and they tell us truth : yet furely the corruptions in it may ; for we are taught by the triteft maxim in the world , that religion being the ...
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... true , I fhould be very loth , the bright example of your Lordship's virtucs fhould be loft to after ages , both for their fake and your own ; but chiefly , because they will be fo very neceffary to adorn the hiftory of a late reign and ...
... true , I fhould be very loth , the bright example of your Lordship's virtucs fhould be loft to after ages , both for their fake and your own ; but chiefly , because they will be fo very neceffary to adorn the hiftory of a late reign and ...
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... true indeed , that although their numbers be vaft , and their productions numerous in proportion ; yet are they hurried so hastily off the fcene , that they escape our memory , and elude our fight . When I first thought of this addrefs ...
... true indeed , that although their numbers be vaft , and their productions numerous in proportion ; yet are they hurried so hastily off the fcene , that they escape our memory , and elude our fight . When I first thought of this addrefs ...
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... true this minute I am writing . What revolutions may happen before it fhall be ready for your perufal , I can by no means warrant however , I beg you to accept it as a fpecimen of our learning , our politenefs , and our wit . I do ...
... true this minute I am writing . What revolutions may happen before it fhall be ready for your perufal , I can by no means warrant however , I beg you to accept it as a fpecimen of our learning , our politenefs , and our wit . I do ...
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... true honour to this large eminent fect of our Bri- tifh writers . And I hope , this little panegyric will not be offenfive to their ears , fince it has the advantage of being only defigned for themfelves . Indeed , Nature herself has ...
... true honour to this large eminent fect of our Bri- tifh writers . And I hope , this little panegyric will not be offenfive to their ears , fince it has the advantage of being only defigned for themfelves . Indeed , Nature herself has ...
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