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... corruption , is at last grown necessary , and what every good subject must now fall in with , although he may be allowed to wish it might soon have an end ; be- cause it is with a kingdom , as with a private fortune , where every new ...
... corruption , is at last grown necessary , and what every good subject must now fall in with , although he may be allowed to wish it might soon have an end ; be- cause it is with a kingdom , as with a private fortune , where every new ...
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... corrupt our manners , blind our understand- ing , drain our wealth , and in time destroy our con- stitution both in church and state ; and we at last were brought to the very brink of ruin ; yet , by the means of perpetual ...
... corrupt our manners , blind our understand- ing , drain our wealth , and in time destroy our con- stitution both in church and state ; and we at last were brought to the very brink of ruin ; yet , by the means of perpetual ...
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... corruption , ignorance , or injustice . Barely to relate the facts , at least while they are fresh in memory , will as much reflect upon the persons concerned , as if we had told their names at length . I have therefore since thought of ...
... corruption , ignorance , or injustice . Barely to relate the facts , at least while they are fresh in memory , will as much reflect upon the persons concerned , as if we had told their names at length . I have therefore since thought of ...
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... corrupt . Take that support from him , and " he can have no other left : for what eloquence " will be able to defend a man , whose life has been " tainted with so many scandalous vices , and who " has been so long condemned by the ...
... corrupt . Take that support from him , and " he can have no other left : for what eloquence " will be able to defend a man , whose life has been " tainted with so many scandalous vices , and who " has been so long condemned by the ...
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... corruption and degeneracy of our taste ; but I think the writer has omitted the principal one , which I take to be the prejudice of parties . Neither can I excuse either * side of this infirmity : I have heard the arrantest drivellers ...
... corruption and degeneracy of our taste ; but I think the writer has omitted the principal one , which I take to be the prejudice of parties . Neither can I excuse either * side of this infirmity : I have heard the arrantest drivellers ...
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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D. ...: With Notes ..., Volume 3 Jonathan Swift Visualização completa - 1808 |
The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D. ...: With Notes ..., Volume 3 Jonathan Swift Visualização completa - 1808 |
The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D. ...: With Notes ..., Volume 3 Jonathan Swift Visualização completa - 1808 |
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