The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 |
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... quoth he , " far " be it from me to fubmit to fuch a pernicious custom ! " Is not my fon a man ? and is not man the Lord of the " univerfe ? Is it thus you use this monarch at his first * arrival in his dominions , to manacle and ...
... quoth he , " far " be it from me to fubmit to fuch a pernicious custom ! " Is not my fon a man ? and is not man the Lord of the " univerfe ? Is it thus you use this monarch at his first * arrival in his dominions , to manacle and ...
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... ( quoth Cornelius ) - " I much approve , for Socrates faid the best dancers were " the best warriors ; but not thofe fpecies of dancing " which you mention : they are certainly corruptions of " the comic and fatyric dance , which were ...
... ( quoth Cornelius ) - " I much approve , for Socrates faid the best dancers were " the best warriors ; but not thofe fpecies of dancing " which you mention : they are certainly corruptions of " the comic and fatyric dance , which were ...
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... ( quoth Albertus ) " whether my nephew excells in the curfus or not ? Speed is often a fymptom of cowardice , " witnefs hares and deer . " - " Do not forget Achilles " ( quoth Cornelius ) " I know that running has been con- " demned by ...
... ( quoth Albertus ) " whether my nephew excells in the curfus or not ? Speed is often a fymptom of cowardice , " witnefs hares and deer . " - " Do not forget Achilles " ( quoth Cornelius ) " I know that running has been con- " demned by ...
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... ( quoth Albertus ) " but pray confider on " the other fide , that animals * fpleened grow extreme- " ly falacious , an experiment well known in dogs . " Cor- nelius was ftruck with this , and replied gravely ; " If it " be fo , I will ...
... ( quoth Albertus ) " but pray confider on " the other fide , that animals * fpleened grow extreme- " ly falacious , an experiment well known in dogs . " Cor- nelius was ftruck with this , and replied gravely ; " If it " be fo , I will ...
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... ( quoth he ) " this mo- ❝dern fiddling with the name of mufic ? Will any of your best hautboys encounter a wolf now - a - days with " no other arms but their inftruments , as did that anti- " ent piper Pythocaris ? Have ever wild boars ...
... ( quoth he ) " this mo- ❝dern fiddling with the name of mufic ? Will any of your best hautboys encounter a wolf now - a - days with " no other arms but their inftruments , as did that anti- " ent piper Pythocaris ? Have ever wild boars ...
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