The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin ...W. Bowyer, C. Bathurst, W. Owen, W. Strahan, J. Rivington, J. Hinton, L. Davis, and C. Reymers, R. Baldwin, J. Dodsley, S. Crowder and Company and B. Collins., 1768 |
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... causes , that ruined their state : and the frequent murders of their gene- rals , which Diodorus tells us was grown to an established cuftom among them , may be another inftance , that tyranny is not confined to numbers . I fhall ...
... causes , that ruined their state : and the frequent murders of their gene- rals , which Diodorus tells us was grown to an established cuftom among them , may be another inftance , that tyranny is not confined to numbers . I fhall ...
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... causes are alike in theirs ; and if they find them to be so , may confider whether they ought not juftly to apprehend the fame effects . To fpeak of every particular perfon im- peached by the Commons of Athens with- in the compafs ...
... causes are alike in theirs ; and if they find them to be so , may confider whether they ought not juftly to apprehend the fame effects . To fpeak of every particular perfon im- peached by the Commons of Athens with- in the compafs ...
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... cause , as well as of the men , who had been thus dealt with by their country . I fhall direct him no further than by repeating , that Ari- ftides was the most renowned by the peo- ple themselves for his exact juftice and + Lib . 18 ...
... cause , as well as of the men , who had been thus dealt with by their country . I fhall direct him no further than by repeating , that Ari- ftides was the most renowned by the peo- ple themselves for his exact juftice and + Lib . 18 ...
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... cause of the civil war , which ended in the tyranny of the latter ; both of them in their confulships having used all en- deavours and occafions for finking the au- thority of the patricians , and giving way to all encroachments of the ...
... cause of the civil war , which ended in the tyranny of the latter ; both of them in their confulships having used all en- deavours and occafions for finking the au- thority of the patricians , and giving way to all encroachments of the ...
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... cause , was thought to render them dangerous to the ftate : the votes were given by wri- ting the name of the perfon on a fhell , by the Greeks , cal- led spaxor , and cafting the fhell into an urn , Petalifm was a sentence near ly of ...
... cause , was thought to render them dangerous to the ftate : the votes were given by wri- ting the name of the perfon on a fhell , by the Greeks , cal- led spaxor , and cafting the fhell into an urn , Petalifm was a sentence near ly of ...
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Página 389 - When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.
Página 398 - The common fluency of speech in many men, and most women, is owing to a scarcity of matter, and a scarcity of words; for whoever is a master of language, and hath a mind full of ideas, will be apt, in speaking, to hesitate upon the choice of both; whereas common speakers have only one set of ideas, and one set of words to clothe them in, and these are always ready at the mouth. So people come faster out of a church when it is almost empty, than when a crowd is at the door.
Página 138 - For it is confidently reported, that two young gentlemen of real hopes, bright wit, and profound judgment, who, upon a thorough examination of causes and effects, and by the mere force of natural abilities, without the least tincture of learning...
Página 314 - My lord, I do here, in the name of all the learned and polite persons of the nation, complain to your lordship, as first minister, that our language is extremely imperfect; that its daily improvements are by no means in proportion to its daily corruptions; that the pretenders to polish and refine it, have chiefly multiplied abuses and absurdities; and that in many instances it offends against every part of grammar.
Página 139 - Great wits love to be free with the highest objects, and if they cannot be allowed a God to revile or renounce, they will speak evil of dignities, abuse the Government, and reflect upon the Ministry...
Página 144 - Sundays than other days? is not that the chief day for traders to sum up the accounts of the week, and for lawyers to prepare their briefs? But I would fain know, how it can be pretended, that the churches are misapplied? where are more appointments and rendezvouses of gallantry? where more care to appear in the foremost box with greater advantage of dress? where more meetings for business, where more bargains driven of all sorts? and where so many conveniences or enticements to sleep?
Página 395 - Although men are accused for not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps as few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold, which the owner knows not of.
Página 309 - ... now at best but the reverse of what it was, a tree turned upside down, the branches on the earth, and the root in the air...
Página 154 - What wonderful productions of wit should we be deprived of, from those whose genius by continual practice hath been wholly turned upon raillery and invectives against religion, and would therefore never be able to shine or distinguish themselves upon any other subject. We are daily complaining of the great decline of wit among us, and would we take away the greatest, perhaps the only topic we have left?
Página 399 - Law in a free country is, or ought to be, the determination of the majority of those who have property in land.