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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... church or ftate could probably have been long preserved without fuch methods , as have been already taken . THE late revolutions at court have given room to some specious objections , which I have heard repeated by well - meaning men ...
... church or ftate could probably have been long preserved without fuch methods , as have been already taken . THE late revolutions at court have given room to some specious objections , which I have heard repeated by well - meaning men ...
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... church and state ; and were brought to yield to those breaches in the fucceffion of the crown , out of a regard to the ne- ceffity of the kingdom and the fafety of the people , which did , and could only , make them lawful ; but without ...
... church and state ; and were brought to yield to those breaches in the fucceffion of the crown , out of a regard to the ne- ceffity of the kingdom and the fafety of the people , which did , and could only , make them lawful ; but without ...
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Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth. the church of England were wholly incon- fiftent with the revolution . Hence began the early practice of careffing the Diffen- ters , reviling the universities , as maintain- ers of arbitrary power , and ...
Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth. the church of England were wholly incon- fiftent with the revolution . Hence began the early practice of careffing the Diffen- ters , reviling the universities , as maintain- ers of arbitrary power , and ...
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... whofe principle and intereft it was to cor- rupt our manners , blind our understand- ing , drain our wealth , and in time destroy C 2 our our conftitution both in church and state ; and we No 14 . 19 THE EXAMINER . No p 69.
... whofe principle and intereft it was to cor- rupt our manners , blind our understand- ing , drain our wealth , and in time destroy C 2 our our conftitution both in church and state ; and we No 14 . 19 THE EXAMINER . No p 69.
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Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth. our conftitution both in church and state ; and we at last were brought to the very brink of ruin ; yet , by the means of per- petual reprefentations , have never been able to diftinguish between our ...
Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth. our conftitution both in church and state ; and we at last were brought to the very brink of ruin ; yet , by the means of per- petual reprefentations , have never been able to diftinguish between our ...
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