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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... subject I have now undertaken , which is , to examine what the confequences would be , upon suppo- fition that the whigs were now restored to their power . I already imagine the present free parliament diffolved , and another of a ...
... subject I have now undertaken , which is , to examine what the confequences would be , upon suppo- fition that the whigs were now restored to their power . I already imagine the present free parliament diffolved , and another of a ...
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... subject , it is not unlikely that providence hath placed avarice to be a check upon ambition ; and I have reason to think , some great minifters of ftate have been of my opinion . The The divine authority of holy writ , the precepts of ...
... subject , it is not unlikely that providence hath placed avarice to be a check upon ambition ; and I have reason to think , some great minifters of ftate have been of my opinion . The The divine authority of holy writ , the precepts of ...
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... subject ; as her majefty's anfwer , filled with gra- cious expreffions in his favour , adds more to his real glory , than any titles she could beftow . The prince and representatives of the whole kingdom join in their concern for fo ...
... subject ; as her majefty's anfwer , filled with gra- cious expreffions in his favour , adds more to his real glory , than any titles she could beftow . The prince and representatives of the whole kingdom join in their concern for fo ...
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... subject of nobi- lity , I am forry for the occafion given me to mention the lofs of a perfon , who was fo great an ornament to it , as the late lord prefident ; who began early to di- stinguish himself in the publick fervice , and ...
... subject of nobi- lity , I am forry for the occafion given me to mention the lofs of a perfon , who was fo great an ornament to it , as the late lord prefident ; who began early to di- stinguish himself in the publick fervice , and ...
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