The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volume 5J. Johnson, J. Nichols, R. Baldwin, Otridge and Son, J. Sewell, F. and C. Rivington, T. Payne, R. Faulder, G. and J. Robinson, R. Lea, J. Nunn, W. Cuthell, T. Egerton, ... [and 12 others], 1801 |
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... astrology in this kingdom , and upon debating the matter with myself , I could not possibly lay the fault upon the art , but upon those gross impostors , who set up to be the artists . I know several learned men have contended , that ...
... astrology in this kingdom , and upon debating the matter with myself , I could not possibly lay the fault upon the art , but upon those gross impostors , who set up to be the artists . I know several learned men have contended , that ...
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... astrologer gets the ho- nour ; if not , his predictions still stand good . And at last , " God preserve king William from all his 66 open and secret enemies , Amen . " When if the king should happen to have died , the astrologer plainly ...
... astrologer gets the ho- nour ; if not , his predictions still stand good . And at last , " God preserve king William from all his 66 open and secret enemies , Amen . " When if the king should happen to have died , the astrologer plainly ...
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... astrology , that the stars do only incline , and not force the actions or wills of men and therefore , however I may pro- ceed by right rules , yet I cannot in prudence , so confidentially assure the events will follow exactly as I ...
... astrology , that the stars do only incline , and not force the actions or wills of men and therefore , however I may pro- ceed by right rules , yet I cannot in prudence , so confidentially assure the events will follow exactly as I ...
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... astrology are in their own concerns : it relates to Partridge the almanackmaker ; I have consulted the star of his nativity by my own rules , and find he will infallibly die upon the 29th of March next , about eleven at night , of a ...
... astrology are in their own concerns : it relates to Partridge the almanackmaker ; I have consulted the star of his nativity by my own rules , and find he will infallibly die upon the 29th of March next , about eleven at night , of a ...
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... astrologers ; who , with an old paltry cant , and a few pothooks for planets to amuse the vulgar , have , in my opi- nion , too long been suffered to abuse the world : but an honest physician ought not to be des- pised , because there ...
... astrologers ; who , with an old paltry cant , and a few pothooks for planets to amuse the vulgar , have , in my opi- nion , too long been suffered to abuse the world : but an honest physician ought not to be des- pised , because there ...
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