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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... thousands of each production shall be fent among their friends through the kingdom ; the work fhall be reported admirable , fublime , un- anfwerable ; fhall ferve to raife the finking cla- mours , and confirm the fcandal of introducing ...
... thousands of each production shall be fent among their friends through the kingdom ; the work fhall be reported admirable , fublime , un- anfwerable ; fhall ferve to raife the finking cla- mours , and confirm the fcandal of introducing ...
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... thousand copies were be- fpoke . Neither could this be fufficient ; for when we expected to have our bundles delivered us , all was ftopt ; the friends to the cause sprang a new project ; and it was advertised that The Crifis could not ...
... thousand copies were be- fpoke . Neither could this be fufficient ; for when we expected to have our bundles delivered us , all was ftopt ; the friends to the cause sprang a new project ; and it was advertised that The Crifis could not ...
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... thousand 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 ...
... thousand 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 ...
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... thousand men in his fervice in Italy , at the time of the battle of Turin , there were not above four thou- fand paid by himself ? if he be not able to continue it , why does he go on ? The reafons are clear ; because the war only ...
... thousand men in his fervice in Italy , at the time of the battle of Turin , there were not above four thou- fand paid by himself ? if he be not able to continue it , why does he go on ? The reafons are clear ; because the war only ...
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... thousand men ; and now at last he deals to France the imperial dignity ; and fo farewel liberty ; Europe will be French . But in order to bring all this about , the capital of Austria , the refidence of his imperial majesty , must ...
... thousand men ; and now at last he deals to France the imperial dignity ; and fo farewel liberty ; Europe will be French . But in order to bring all this about , the capital of Austria , the refidence of his imperial majesty , must ...
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