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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... 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 twenty years . What needy writer would not ...
... 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 twenty years . What needy writer would not ...
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... 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 authentic re- cords , & c . He hath borrowed this expreffion from fome writer , who ...
... 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 authentic re- cords , & c . He hath borrowed this expreffion from fome writer , who ...
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... those acts of parliament , whereof his pamphlet is an extract , which if it had been done , the kingdom would not be in its prefent condition , but every member sent into the world thus inftructed , fince the Revolution , would have ...
... those acts of parliament , whereof his pamphlet is an extract , which if it had been done , the kingdom would not be in its prefent condition , but every member sent into the world thus inftructed , fince the Revolution , would have ...
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... those which you fo earnestly exhort " them to avoid , they would return your favour 66 as near as poffible in the fame ftyle and manner . " However , that your advice may not be wholly " loft , particularly that part of it which relates ...
... those which you fo earnestly exhort " them to avoid , they would return your favour 66 as near as poffible in the fame ftyle and manner . " However , that your advice may not be wholly " loft , particularly that part of it which relates ...
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... those , who abhor the conftitution in church and ftate ; an obdurate faction , who compafs heaven and earth to reftore themselves upon the ruin of their country ; yet here our author exhorts the clergy to preach up his imaginary danger ...
... those , who abhor the conftitution in church and ftate ; an obdurate faction , who compafs heaven and earth to reftore themselves upon the ruin of their country ; yet here our author exhorts the clergy to preach up his imaginary danger ...
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