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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... live in and about London ; which probably will reduce the number to about half a dozen at moft . I should incline to guess the latter ; because he tells them they are furrounded by a learned , wealthy , knowing gentry , who know with ...
... live in and about London ; which probably will reduce the number to about half a dozen at moft . I should incline to guess the latter ; because he tells them they are furrounded by a learned , wealthy , knowing gentry , who know with ...
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... live ; nor do I converse with any of their friends ; only I find they are perfons of a very evil reputation . But I am told for certain , that ambition hath removed her lodg- ing , and lives the very next door to faction , where they ...
... live ; nor do I converse with any of their friends ; only I find they are perfons of a very evil reputation . But I am told for certain , that ambition hath removed her lodg- ing , and lives the very next door to faction , where they ...
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... lives , and fe- veral millions of money , would have been thought very gloriously ended . Neither , after all , was it a new thing , either in the British general or the Dutch deputies , to refuse fighting , when they did not approve it ...
... lives , and fe- veral millions of money , would have been thought very gloriously ended . Neither , after all , was it a new thing , either in the British general or the Dutch deputies , to refuse fighting , when they did not approve it ...
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... lives , exhaufting our fubftance , not for our own intereft , which would be but common prudence ; not for a thing ... live to feel the effects of our own 4 We 86 THE CONDUCT OF.
... lives , exhaufting our fubftance , not for our own intereft , which would be but common prudence ; not for a thing ... live to feel the effects of our own 4 We 86 THE CONDUCT OF.
Page 87
... live to feel the effects of our own valour more fenfibly , than all the confequences we ima- gine from the dominions of Spain in the duke of Anjou . We have conquered a noble territory for the States , that will maintain fufficient ...
... live to feel the effects of our own valour more fenfibly , than all the confequences we ima- gine from the dominions of Spain in the duke of Anjou . We have conquered a noble territory for the States , that will maintain fufficient ...
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