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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... merit , could pretend no higher than to wear our liveries ; while others , who by their credit , quality , and fortune , were only able to give reputation and fuccefs to the revolution , were not only laid afide as dangerous and useless ...
... merit , could pretend no higher than to wear our liveries ; while others , who by their credit , quality , and fortune , were only able to give reputation and fuccefs to the revolution , were not only laid afide as dangerous and useless ...
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... merit . If a ftranger fhould hear thefe furious out - cries of ingratitude against our general , without knowing the particulars , he would be apt to enquire , where was his tomb , or whe- ther he were allowed chriftian burial ? not ...
... merit . If a ftranger fhould hear thefe furious out - cries of ingratitude against our general , without knowing the particulars , he would be apt to enquire , where was his tomb , or whe- ther he were allowed chriftian burial ? not ...
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... merits , and the lowest price he fet them at , what a pretty fum it would amount to , and how many fuch islands as this must be fold to pay them . I form my judgment from the practice of those , who fometimes happen to pay themselves ...
... merits , and the lowest price he fet them at , what a pretty fum it would amount to , and how many fuch islands as this must be fold to pay them . I form my judgment from the practice of those , who fometimes happen to pay themselves ...
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... merit are , where it happens to be its own paymaster . the queen one of her own letters , in which 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 ...
... merit are , where it happens to be its own paymaster . the queen one of her own letters , in which 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 ...
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... merit , or what opportunity to dif- cover our wit , our courage , or our learn- ing , in drawing our pens for the defence of a cause , which the QUEEN and both houfes of parliament , and nine parts in ten of the kingdom , have fo ...
... merit , or what opportunity to dif- cover our wit , our courage , or our learn- ing , in drawing our pens for the defence of a cause , which the QUEEN and both houfes of parliament , and nine parts in ten of the kingdom , have fo ...
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