The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift, Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin. In Thirteen Volumes. ...John Donadlson [sic], London, 1774 |
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... proportion as their lives are immoral ; and it is faid of Dryden , that not being able to fortify bimfelf in infidelity , he died a Papift . God God doth not concern himself with things below , will Serm . 1. ON THE TRINITY . TI.
... proportion as their lives are immoral ; and it is faid of Dryden , that not being able to fortify bimfelf in infidelity , he died a Papift . God God doth not concern himself with things below , will Serm . 1. ON THE TRINITY . TI.
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Jonathan Swift. God doth not concern himself with things below , will neither punish vice nor reward virtue ; that re- ligion was invented by cunning men to keep the world in awe ; with many other opinions e- qually falfe and deteftable ...
Jonathan Swift. God doth not concern himself with things below , will neither punish vice nor reward virtue ; that re- ligion was invented by cunning men to keep the world in awe ; with many other opinions e- qually falfe and deteftable ...
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... himself in his ufual manner of thinking ; as will ap- pear from the following quotations " A wife man , " fays Dr. Swift , " who does not affift with his counfels , a great man with his pro- " tection , a rich man with his bounty and ...
... himself in his ufual manner of thinking ; as will ap- pear from the following quotations " A wife man , " fays Dr. Swift , " who does not affift with his counfels , a great man with his pro- " tection , a rich man with his bounty and ...
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... himself , of his own thoughts and actions . And becaufe , if a man judgeth fairly of his own actions , by comparing them with the law of God , his mind will either ap- prove or condemn him , according as he hath done good or evil ...
... himself , of his own thoughts and actions . And becaufe , if a man judgeth fairly of his own actions , by comparing them with the law of God , his mind will either ap- prove or condemn him , according as he hath done good or evil ...
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... himself by but the opinion of the world , as long as he can conceal his injuftice from the world he thinks he is fafe . Befides , it is found by experience , that those men who fet up for morality . without regard to re- ligion , are ...
... himself by but the opinion of the world , as long as he can conceal his injuftice from the world he thinks he is fafe . Befides , it is found by experience , that those men who fet up for morality . without regard to re- ligion , are ...
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Page 70 - But a certain Samaritan as he journeyed, came where he was; and when he saw him, he had compassion on him ; and went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And on the morrow when he departed, he took out twopence and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him ; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again I will repay thee.
Page 70 - But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came •where he was ; and when he saw him he had compassion on him...
Page 70 - ... .And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him ; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again I will repay thee.
Page 15 - And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
Page 346 - 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.
Page 235 - ... in recovering. It will no doubt be a mighty comfort to our grandchildren, when they see a few rags hung up in...
Page 8 - How little do those who quarrel with mysteries know of the commonest actions of nature ! the growth of an animal, of a plant, or of the smallest seed, is a mystery to the wisest among men.
Page 45 - Why weepeth my lord ? " And he answered, " Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
Page 68 - Banbury near a hundred years ago, tells us, it was a place famous for cakes and zeal, which I find by my glass is true to this day, as to the latter part of this description ; though I must confess, it is not in the same reputation for cakes that it was in the time of that learned author; and thus of other places.
Page 68 - I never observed my glass to rise at the same time that the stocks did. To complete the experiment, I prevailed upon a friend of mine, who works under me in the occult sciences, to make a progress with my glass through the whole island of Great Britain ; and after his return, to present me with a register of his observations.