The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Including the Whole of His Posthumous Pieces, Letters, &c, Volume 9C. Elliot, 1766 |
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... himself vicar - general over the whole clergy of the church of England . The bishops in their letters or fpeeches to their own clergy proceed no further than to exhortation ; but this writer conjures the whole clergy of the church to ...
... himself vicar - general over the whole clergy of the church of England . The bishops in their letters or fpeeches to their own clergy proceed no further than to exhortation ; but this writer conjures the whole clergy of the church to ...
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... himself , which relates to Molefworth [ e ] , [ e ] The right honourable Robert Molefworth , Efq ; one of the privy council and member of the Houfe of Commons , created a peer by king George I. The lower house of convocation there ...
... himself , which relates to Molefworth [ e ] , [ e ] The right honourable Robert Molefworth , Efq ; one of the privy council and member of the Houfe of Commons , created a peer by king George I. The lower house of convocation there ...
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... himself . But this is the spittle of the bishop of Sarum [ f ] , which our author licks up , and swallows , and then coughs out again with an addition of his own phlegm . I would fain fup- pose the body of the clergy were to return an ...
... himself . But this is the spittle of the bishop of Sarum [ f ] , which our author licks up , and swallows , and then coughs out again with an addition of his own phlegm . I would fain fup- pose the body of the clergy were to return an ...
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... himself to the clergy of Eng- land in general , or only to thofe very few ( hardly enough , in cafe of a change , to supply the mor- tality of those felf - denying prelates he celebrates ) who are in his principles , and among these ...
... himself to the clergy of Eng- land in general , or only to thofe very few ( hardly enough , in cafe of a change , to supply the mor- tality of those felf - denying prelates he celebrates ) who are in his principles , and among these ...
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... himself in company with general Stanhope and Mr. Hoadley ; and , in fhort , takes the most effectual method in his power of ruining his lordship in the opinion of every man , who is wife or good . I can only tell my lord Har- court for ...
... himself in company with general Stanhope and Mr. Hoadley ; and , in fhort , takes the most effectual method in his power of ruining his lordship in the opinion of every man , who is wife or good . I can only tell my lord Har- court for ...
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