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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... never be once looked into . I am told by those who are expert in the trade , that the author and bookfeller of this twelve - penny treatife will be greater gain- ers , than from one edition of any folio that hath been published these ...
... never be once looked into . I am told by those who are expert in the trade , that the author and bookfeller of this twelve - penny treatife will be greater gain- ers , than from one edition of any folio that hath been published these ...
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... never heard of any act of parliament that was not previous to what it enacted , unless those two , by which the earl of Strafford and Sir John Fenwick loft their heads , may pass for exceptions . A discourse , representing from the most ...
... never heard of any act of parliament that was not previous to what it enacted , unless those two , by which the earl of Strafford and Sir John Fenwick loft their heads , may pass for exceptions . A discourse , representing from the most ...
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... never charg- ed with meddling out of his function : Hugh Peters , and his brethren , in the times of ufurpation , had [ g ] Thefe perfons were created peers by king George I. [ b ] Doctor Benjamin Hoadley , created bishop of Banger by ...
... never charg- ed with meddling out of his function : Hugh Peters , and his brethren , in the times of ufurpation , had [ g ] Thefe perfons were created peers by king George I. [ b ] Doctor Benjamin Hoadley , created bishop of Banger by ...
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... never allow him a member of the church of England . They can- not agree that the truth of the gospel , and the piety and wisdom of its preachers , are a fufficient fupport , in an evil age , against infidelity , faction , and vice ...
... never allow him a member of the church of England . They can- not agree that the truth of the gospel , and the piety and wisdom of its preachers , are a fufficient fupport , in an evil age , against infidelity , faction , and vice ...
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... never once ima- gined by any writer upon government , from Plato to Mr. Locke . Give me leave to tranfcribe his first paragraph , I never faw an unruly crowd of peo- ple cool by degrees into temper , but it gave me an idea of the ...
... never once ima- gined by any writer upon government , from Plato to Mr. Locke . Give me leave to tranfcribe his first paragraph , I never faw an unruly crowd of peo- ple cool by degrees into temper , but it gave me an idea of the ...
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