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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... affairs is admirably defcribed by two verfes in Lucan : Hinc ufura vorax , avidumque in tempore foenus , Hinc concuffa fides , et multis utile bellum . Which , without any great force upon the words , may be thus tranflated : Hence are ...
... affairs is admirably defcribed by two verfes in Lucan : Hinc ufura vorax , avidumque in tempore foenus , Hinc concuffa fides , et multis utile bellum . Which , without any great force upon the words , may be thus tranflated : Hence are ...
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... affairs , and according to the various inter- efts and ambition of princes , may be as neceffary for them , as it hath been for us . And if our fathers had left us as deeply , involved , as we are likely to leave our children , children ...
... affairs , and according to the various inter- efts and ambition of princes , may be as neceffary for them , as it hath been for us . And if our fathers had left us as deeply , involved , as we are likely to leave our children , children ...
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... affairs . The fuperiority of his genius confifts in nothing else , but an inexhauftible fund of political lyes , which he plentifully distri- butes every minute he speaks , and by an unparallelled generofity forgets , and con- fequently ...
... affairs . The fuperiority of his genius confifts in nothing else , but an inexhauftible fund of political lyes , which he plentifully distri- butes every minute he speaks , and by an unparallelled generofity forgets , and con- fequently ...
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... affairs , and the prefent power of an unruly faction , or deceived by the craft of ill - defigning men . One or two ministers , most in his confidence , may at firft have good intentions , but grow cor- rupted by time , by avarice , by ...
... affairs , and the prefent power of an unruly faction , or deceived by the craft of ill - defigning men . One or two ministers , most in his confidence , may at firft have good intentions , but grow cor- rupted by time , by avarice , by ...
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... affairs , where they have been ma- naged with rashness or wilfulness , corrup- tion , ignorance , or injuftice . Barely to relate the facts , at least while they are fresh in memory , will as much reflect upon the perfons concerned , as ...
... affairs , where they have been ma- naged with rashness or wilfulness , corrup- tion , ignorance , or injuftice . Barely to relate the facts , at least while they are fresh in memory , will as much reflect upon the perfons concerned , as ...
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