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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... Whigs , that the bulk of the landed men was not in their interefts , which fome of the wifeft looked on as an ill omen ; and we faw it was with the utmost difficulty , that they could pre- ferve a majority , while the court and ` mi ...
... Whigs , that the bulk of the landed men was not in their interefts , which fome of the wifeft looked on as an ill omen ; and we faw it was with the utmost difficulty , that they could pre- ferve a majority , while the court and ` mi ...
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... Whigs ? And , by what figure of fpeech half a dozen others , lately put into great employments , can be called Tories ? I doubt whoever would fuit the definition to the perfons , muft make it directly contrary to what we understood it ...
... Whigs ? And , by what figure of fpeech half a dozen others , lately put into great employments , can be called Tories ? I doubt whoever would fuit the definition to the perfons , muft make it directly contrary to what we understood it ...
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... Whig - coffee - houses , have fwinged off the Examiner ; moft of which I had never feen or heard of before . I remember fome time ago in one of the Tatlers to F 3 have have read a letter , wherein feveral reasons are affigned No 18. THE ...
... Whig - coffee - houses , have fwinged off the Examiner ; moft of which I had never feen or heard of before . I remember fome time ago in one of the Tatlers to F 3 have have read a letter , wherein feveral reasons are affigned No 18. THE ...
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... whig or a tory , a proteftant or a papift ; he finds fault with convocations ; fays , they are affemblies ftrangely contrived ; and yet lays the fault upon us , that we bound their hands : I wish we could have bound their tongues too ...
... whig or a tory , a proteftant or a papift ; he finds fault with convocations ; fays , they are affemblies ftrangely contrived ; and yet lays the fault upon us , that we bound their hands : I wish we could have bound their tongues too ...
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... whigs themselves have always confeffed , that the bulk of landed men in England was generally of tories . So that this change must be allowed to be ac- cording to the natural genius and difpofi- tion of the people ; whether it were just ...
... whigs themselves have always confeffed , that the bulk of landed men in England was generally of tories . So that this change must be allowed to be ac- cording to the natural genius and difpofi- tion of the people ; whether it were just ...
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