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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... turn to kick . He begins his preface with fuch an account of the original of power , and the nature of civil in- ftitutions , as , I am confident , was never once ima- gined by any writer upon government , from Plato to Mr. Locke . Give ...
... turn to kick . He begins his preface with fuch an account of the original of power , and the nature of civil in- ftitutions , as , I am confident , was never once ima- gined by any writer upon government , from Plato to Mr. Locke . Give ...
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... turns into a fact after such a manner , as if he had seen it an hundred times ; and builds upon it a system of the origin of govern- When the vulgar here in England assemble in a riotous manner ( which is not very frequent of late years ) ...
... turns into a fact after such a manner , as if he had seen it an hundred times ; and builds upon it a system of the origin of govern- When the vulgar here in England assemble in a riotous manner ( which is not very frequent of late years ) ...
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... turn , commits an hundred folecifms and abfurdities . The weighty truths , which he endeavours to prefs upon his rea- der , are fuch as thefe . That liberty is a very good thing ; that without liberty we cannot be free ; that health is ...
... turn , commits an hundred folecifms and abfurdities . The weighty truths , which he endeavours to prefs upon his rea- der , are fuch as thefe . That liberty is a very good thing ; that without liberty we cannot be free ; that health is ...
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... turning of a leaf , he hath wholly changed his mind . He tells us , he wanders there can be found any Briton weak enough to contend against a power in their own nation , which is practifed in a much greater degree in other states : and ...
... turning of a leaf , he hath wholly changed his mind . He tells us , he wanders there can be found any Briton weak enough to contend against a power in their own nation , which is practifed in a much greater degree in other states : and ...
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... turn his own fword into a plowshare ; or , if fuch a fword happeneth to be in the hands of an infant , or ftruggled for by two competitors .--- Sixthly , The powerful hand that deals out crowns and kingdoms all around us , may it not ...
... turn his own fword into a plowshare ; or , if fuch a fword happeneth to be in the hands of an infant , or ftruggled for by two competitors .--- Sixthly , The powerful hand that deals out crowns and kingdoms all around us , may it not ...
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