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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... ministers , most in his confidence , may at firft have good intentions , but grow cor- rupted by time , by avarice , by love , by ambition , and have fairer terms offered them to gratify their paflions or interests from one fett of men ...
... ministers , most in his confidence , may at firft have good intentions , but grow cor- rupted by time , by avarice , by love , by ambition , and have fairer terms offered them to gratify their paflions or interests from one fett of men ...
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... minister , " is arbitrary and illegal , and a violation " of the liberties of the people . These , and the like reformations , would in all probability be the first fruits of the whigs L 3 whigs refurrection ; and what ftructures fuch ...
... minister , " is arbitrary and illegal , and a violation " of the liberties of the people . These , and the like reformations , would in all probability be the first fruits of the whigs L 3 whigs refurrection ; and what ftructures fuch ...
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... minister of ftate , or a great general of an army ; methinks there fhould be fome expedient contrived to let them know impartially , what is the world's opinion in the point . Encompaffed with a crowd of depending flatterers , they are ...
... minister of ftate , or a great general of an army ; methinks there fhould be fome expedient contrived to let them know impartially , what is the world's opinion in the point . Encompaffed with a crowd of depending flatterers , they are ...
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... minister of state in high favour with the QUEEN , and a fpeaker of the house of commons , were ever publickly treated after fo extraordinary a manner in the moft licentious times ? For this is not a clandeftine libel ftolen into the ...
... minister of state in high favour with the QUEEN , and a fpeaker of the house of commons , were ever publickly treated after fo extraordinary a manner in the moft licentious times ? For this is not a clandeftine libel ftolen into the ...
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... ministers are in prudence forced to take to defend their country and them- selves against an irritated faction . The ne- gotiators on the other fide improved this favourable conjuncture to the utmost ; and by an unparallelled boldness ...
... ministers are in prudence forced to take to defend their country and them- selves against an irritated faction . The ne- gotiators on the other fide improved this favourable conjuncture to the utmost ; and by an unparallelled boldness ...
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