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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... opinion with feveral good judges , who , from the ftyle and manner , suppose it to have iffued from the fharp pen of the earl of Nottingham ; and I am ftill apt to think it might receive his lordship's laft hand . The third and ...
... opinion with feveral good judges , who , from the ftyle and manner , suppose it to have iffued from the fharp pen of the earl of Nottingham ; and I am ftill apt to think it might receive his lordship's laft hand . The third and ...
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... opinion of his predicting talent ( which fome have ascribed to people of this au- thor's character ) where he tells us , that noife and wrath will not always pass for zeal . What other inftances of zeal hath this gentleman , or the rest ...
... opinion of his predicting talent ( which fome have ascribed to people of this au- thor's character ) where he tells us , that noife and wrath will not always pass for zeal . What other inftances of zeal hath this gentleman , or the rest ...
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... opinion of every man , who is wife or good . I can only tell my lord Har- court for his comfort , that these praises are encum- bered with the doctrine of refiftance , and the true revolution - principles ; and provided he will not al ...
... opinion of every man , who is wife or good . I can only tell my lord Har- court for his comfort , that these praises are encum- bered with the doctrine of refiftance , and the true revolution - principles ; and provided he will not al ...
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... opinions they had always profeffed . Such an hiftorian will fhew many rea- fons , which made it neceffary to remove the general and his friends , who , knowing the bent of the na- tion was against them , expected to lofe their power ...
... opinions they had always profeffed . Such an hiftorian will fhew many rea- fons , which made it neceffary to remove the general and his friends , who , knowing the bent of the na- tion was against them , expected to lofe their power ...
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... opinion they were written to defend , and to which they appear , by their date , as well as tenor , to be fubfequent ; an abfurdity of which Swift , even in the character of a publisher , can- not be fuppofed to have been guilty . PRE ...
... opinion they were written to defend , and to which they appear , by their date , as well as tenor , to be fubfequent ; an abfurdity of which Swift , even in the character of a publisher , can- not be fuppofed to have been guilty . PRE ...
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