The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Volume 11Bell, 1907 |
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Page 15
... masters of an English style much fitter for that work , than any we see in our present writings ; which I take to be owing to the simplicity that runs through the whole . Then , as to the greatest part of our liturgy , compiled long ...
... masters of an English style much fitter for that work , than any we see in our present writings ; which I take to be owing to the simplicity that runs through the whole . Then , as to the greatest part of our liturgy , compiled long ...
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... masters of it , and give it so thorough a canvassing in what manner they think fit , as to leave no room for exception and wrangling when the question comes to be solemnly debated in that assembly . But before I come to the merits of ...
... masters of it , and give it so thorough a canvassing in what manner they think fit , as to leave no room for exception and wrangling when the question comes to be solemnly debated in that assembly . But before I come to the merits of ...
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... master of the sto- chastic art , and by virtue of that , I divine , that those Greek words in that discourse have crept from the margin into the text , otherwise than the author intended ; and indeed some of those Greek maggots are so ...
... master of the sto- chastic art , and by virtue of that , I divine , that those Greek words in that discourse have crept from the margin into the text , otherwise than the author intended ; and indeed some of those Greek maggots are so ...
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... master . I am credibly informed , there is a design on foot to bring in heads of a bill in favour of civilians next sessions of parlia- ment ; but how generous that sort of proceeding is , I leave the world to judge . I am but one , and ...
... master . I am credibly informed , there is a design on foot to bring in heads of a bill in favour of civilians next sessions of parlia- ment ; but how generous that sort of proceeding is , I leave the world to judge . I am but one , and ...
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... master . I am credibly informed , there is a design on foot to bring in heads of a bill in favour of civilians next sessions of parliament ; but how generous that sort of proceeding is , I leave the world to judge . I am but one , and ...
... master . I am credibly informed , there is a design on foot to bring in heads of a bill in favour of civilians next sessions of parliament ; but how generous that sort of proceeding is , I leave the world to judge . I am but one , and ...
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