The Works of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift ...C. Bathurst, W. Strahan, 1784 |
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Σελίδα 14
... hands . Her large wings , like thofe of a flying fish , are of no use but while they are moist ; fhe therefore dips them in mud , and foaring aloft fcatters it in the eyes of the multitude , flying with great fwiftness ; but at every ...
... hands . Her large wings , like thofe of a flying fish , are of no use but while they are moist ; fhe therefore dips them in mud , and foaring aloft fcatters it in the eyes of the multitude , flying with great fwiftness ; but at every ...
Σελίδα 17
... hands of those , who , by their birth , education and merit , could pretend no higher than to wear our liveries ; while others , who , by their credit , quality , and fortune , were only able to give re- putation and fuccefs to the ...
... hands of those , who , by their birth , education and merit , could pretend no higher than to wear our liveries ; while others , who , by their credit , quality , and fortune , were only able to give re- putation and fuccefs to the ...
Σελίδα 19
... hand ; which has never been yet attempted ; those , who have hitherto undertaken it , being , upon every account , the leaft qualified of all human kind , for fuch work . We live here under a limited monarchy , and under the doctrine ...
... hand ; which has never been yet attempted ; those , who have hitherto undertaken it , being , upon every account , the leaft qualified of all human kind , for fuch work . We live here under a limited monarchy , and under the doctrine ...
Σελίδα 20
... hands ; to let the remote and uninftructed part of the nation fee , that they have been mifled on both fides , by mad ridiculous extremes , at a wide distance on each fide from the truth ; while the right path is fo broad and plain , as ...
... hands ; to let the remote and uninftructed part of the nation fee , that they have been mifled on both fides , by mad ridiculous extremes , at a wide distance on each fide from the truth ; while the right path is fo broad and plain , as ...
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Σελίδα 73 - And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood, after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
Σελίδα 227 - Whig, that the more revolutions the better ; which, how odd a maxim soever in appearance, I take to be the true characteristic of the party. A dog loves to turn round often; yet after certain revolutions he lies down to rest: but heads under the...
Σελίδα 185 - The two houses of parliament, in an address to the queen, declared their belief, that Mr. Harley's fidelity to her majesty, and zeal for her service, had drawn upon him the hatred of all the abettors of popery and faction*.