THE WORKS OF THE Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volume 3C. BATHURST, in Fleetstreet, 1760 |
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... persons of taste might discover him . But fince it hath otherwife fallen out , we think we have fufficiently paid for our want of prudence , and de- termine for the future to be lefs communicative : Or ra- ther , having done with fuch ...
... persons of taste might discover him . But fince it hath otherwife fallen out , we think we have fufficiently paid for our want of prudence , and de- termine for the future to be lefs communicative : Or ra- ther , having done with fuch ...
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... person without long experience . Nonum prematur in annum is a good rule for all writers of characters ; because it may happen to those , who vent praise or cenfure too pre- cipitately , as it did to an eminent English poet , who ...
... person without long experience . Nonum prematur in annum is a good rule for all writers of characters ; because it may happen to those , who vent praise or cenfure too pre- cipitately , as it did to an eminent English poet , who ...
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... person . So that it will be always a wrong ftep in policy , for the nobles or commons to carry their endeavours after power fo far , as to over- throw the balance ; and it would be enough to damp their warmth in fuch pursuits , if they ...
... person . So that it will be always a wrong ftep in policy , for the nobles or commons to carry their endeavours after power fo far , as to over- throw the balance ; and it would be enough to damp their warmth in fuch pursuits , if they ...
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... the resentments of the commons were usually turned against particular persons , and by way of arti- cles of impeachment . Whereas the commons in Rome , and and fome other states , as will appear in a 22 CONTESTS AND DISSENTIONS.
... the resentments of the commons were usually turned against particular persons , and by way of arti- cles of impeachment . Whereas the commons in Rome , and and fome other states , as will appear in a 22 CONTESTS AND DISSENTIONS.
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... person of the ftrictest justice , and the best ac- quainted with the laws as well as forms of their go- vernment , fo that he was in a manner chancellor of A- thens . This man , upon a flight and false accufation of favouring arbitrary ...
... person of the ftrictest justice , and the best ac- quainted with the laws as well as forms of their go- vernment , fo that he was in a manner chancellor of A- thens . This man , upon a flight and false accufation of favouring arbitrary ...
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