The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volume 8C. Bathurst, C. Davis, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. Hodges, R. and J. Dodsley, and W. Bowyer., 1754 |
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... she used to la- ment to me , that the crown being impoverished by former grants , the wanted the power her predeceffors had enjoyed to reward faithful fervants ; and the defired me to take out of the privy purfe 2000l . a year , in ...
... she used to la- ment to me , that the crown being impoverished by former grants , the wanted the power her predeceffors had enjoyed to reward faithful fervants ; and the defired me to take out of the privy purfe 2000l . a year , in ...
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... she had pref- fed me to take the 2000l . a year ; and I wrote at the fame time to ask her majefty , whe- ther she would allow me to charge in the privy purfe ac- counts , which I was to fend her , that yearly fum from the time of the ...
... she had pref- fed me to take the 2000l . a year ; and I wrote at the fame time to ask her majefty , whe- ther she would allow me to charge in the privy purfe ac- counts , which I was to fend her , that yearly fum from the time of the ...
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... She landed firft in Greece ; was expelled " by degrees through all the cities by her daughter's ill conduct : fled afterwards " to Italy , and being banished thence , took " fhelter among the Goths , with whom she paffed into moft parts ...
... She landed firft in Greece ; was expelled " by degrees through all the cities by her daughter's ill conduct : fled afterwards " to Italy , and being banished thence , took " fhelter among the Goths , with whom she paffed into moft parts ...
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... She always affected to keep " mean and scandalous company ; valuing no body , but just as they agreed with " her in every capricious opinion fhe thought fit to take up ; and rigorously exacting compliance , though the chang- " ed her ...
... She always affected to keep " mean and scandalous company ; valuing no body , but just as they agreed with " her in every capricious opinion fhe thought fit to take up ; and rigorously exacting compliance , though the chang- " ed her ...
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... she sat in the shape of an obscene , omincus " bird , ready to prompt her friends as they fpoke . " If I understand this fable of FACTION right , it ought to be applied to thofe , who fet themselves up against the true interest and ...
... she sat in the shape of an obscene , omincus " bird , ready to prompt her friends as they fpoke . " If I understand this fable of FACTION right , it ought to be applied to thofe , who fet themselves up against the true interest and ...
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