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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's ..., Volume 6

Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 406 pages
...understanding, may preserve a man's goods from thieves, but honesty has no fence against superiour cunning ; and since it is necessary that there should...and dealing upon credit ; where fraud is permitted and connived at, or has no law to punish it, „ the honest dealer is always undone, and the knave...
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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's ..., Volume 6

Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 392 pages
...greater crime than theft, and therefore seldom fail to punish it with death ; for they allege, 'that care and vigilance, with a very common understanding,...goods from thieves, but honesty has no fence against superiour cunning; and since it is necessary that there should be a perpetual intercourse of buying...
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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D. ...: With Notes ..., Volume 7

Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 524 pages
...greater crime than theft, and therefore seldom fail to punish it with death; for they allege, that care and vigilance, with a very common understanding,...necessary that there should be a perpetual intercourse of baying and selling, and dealing upon credit; where fraud is permitted and connived at, or has no law...
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English Exercises, Adapted to Murray's English Grammar:: Consisting of ...

Lindley Murray - 1808 - 178 pages
...tirewoman, with great care and diligence, I employed no less in examining the box which contained them. , Since it is necessary that there should be a perpetual...buying and selling, and dealing upon .credit, where fiaud is permitted or connived at, or has no law to punish it, the ho.iest d.:£(ler is often undone,...
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An English Grammar: Comprehending the Principles and Rules of the ..., Volume 2

Lindley Murray - 1808 - 542 pages
...and ribands, brought by her tirewoman, I employed no less in examining the box which contained them. Since it is necessary that there should be a perpetual...intercourse of buying and selling, and dealing upon credit, the honest dealer, where fraud is permitted or connived at, or has no law to punish it, is often undone,...
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The Works of Jonathan Swift: Gulliver's travels. Directions to servants

Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 490 pages
...greater crime than theft, and therefore seldom fail to punish it with death ; for they allege, that care and vigilance, with a very common understanding,...and dealing upon credit, where fraud is permitted and connived at, or has no law to punish it, the honest dealer is always undone, and the knave gets...
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Gulliver's travels. Directions to servants

Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 512 pages
...greater crime than theft, and therefore seldom fail to punish it with death ; for they allege, that care and vigilance, with a very common understanding,...and dealing upon credit, where fraud is permitted and connived at, or has no law to punish it, the honest dealer is always undone, and the knave gets...
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The Pamphleteer, Volume 5

Abraham John Valpy - 1815 - 596 pages
...greater crime than theft, and therefore seldom fail to punish it with death ; for they allege that care and vigilance with a very common understanding...and dealing upon credit ; where fraud is permitted and connived at, or hath no law to punish it, the honest dealer is always undone, and the knave gets...
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Elements of Criticism, Volume 2

Lord Henry Home Kames - 1816 - 452 pages
...always undone, and -the knave gets the advantage. Gulliver's Travelt, Par: I. Chap, vi . Better thus : And since it is necessary that there should be a perpetual...intercourse of buying and selling, and dealing upon credit, the honest dealer, where fraud is permitted or connived at, or hath no law to punish it, is always...
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A Key to the Exercises Adapted to Murray's English Grammar: Calculated to ...

Lindley Murray - 1816 - 186 pages
...and ribands, brought by her tirewoman, I employed no less iu examining the box which contained them. Since it is necessary that there should be a perpetual...intercourse of buying and selling, and dealing upon credit, the honest dealer, where fraud is permitted or connived at, or has no law to punish it, is often undone,...
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