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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... lord keeper , their own lord prefident of the council , their own chief governor of Ireland , and their own parliament ? In a kingdom , where the people are free , how came they to be fo fond of having their counfels under the influence ...
... lord keeper , their own lord prefident of the council , their own chief governor of Ireland , and their own parliament ? In a kingdom , where the people are free , how came they to be fo fond of having their counfels under the influence ...
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... for three years ; and , on his return from his government , the Sicilians * Earl of Wharton , lord lieutenant of Ireland . E 2 entreated entreated Cicero to impeach him in the fenate ; which N ° 17 . 51 THE EXAMINER .
... for three years ; and , on his return from his government , the Sicilians * Earl of Wharton , lord lieutenant of Ireland . E 2 entreated entreated Cicero to impeach him in the fenate ; which N ° 17 . 51 THE EXAMINER .
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... LORDS , " A pernicious opinion hath for fome " time prevailed , not only at Rome , but among our neighbouring nations , that a man who hath money enough , al- though he be ever fo guilty , cannot be " condemned in this place . But ...
... LORDS , " A pernicious opinion hath for fome " time prevailed , not only at Rome , but among our neighbouring nations , that a man who hath money enough , al- though he be ever fo guilty , cannot be " condemned in this place . But ...
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... lords , " hath publickly faid , that those ought to be afraid of accufations , who have only robbed enough for their own fup- port and maintenance ; but that he hath plundered fufficient to bribe numbers ; " and that nothing is fo high ...
... lords , " hath publickly faid , that those ought to be afraid of accufations , who have only robbed enough for their own fup- port and maintenance ; but that he hath plundered fufficient to bribe numbers ; " and that nothing is fo high ...
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... lords , a publick robber , an adulterer , a DEFILER OF ALTARS * , an cc enemy of religion and of all that is fa- " cred ... lord Wharton is true ; who , with fome other wretches , went in- to a pulpit , and defiled it in the most filthy ...
... lords , a publick robber , an adulterer , a DEFILER OF ALTARS * , an cc enemy of religion and of all that is fa- " cred ... lord Wharton is true ; who , with fome other wretches , went in- to a pulpit , and defiled it in the most filthy ...
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