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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... wish it might foon have an end ; because it is with a kingdom as with a private fortune , where every new incumbrance adds a double weight . By this means the wealth of a nation , that ufed to be reckoned by the value of land , is now ...
... wish it might foon have an end ; because it is with a kingdom as with a private fortune , where every new incumbrance adds a double weight . By this means the wealth of a nation , that ufed to be reckoned by the value of land , is now ...
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... wish , that fuch a miniftry fhould be changed . Is it not at the fame time notorious to the whole kingdom , that nothing but a tender re- gard to the general was able to preserve that ministry fo long , until neither God nor man could ...
... wish , that fuch a miniftry fhould be changed . Is it not at the fame time notorious to the whole kingdom , that nothing but a tender re- gard to the general was able to preserve that ministry fo long , until neither God nor man could ...
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... wish for the honour of the army , as well as of the queen and mini- ftry , that a remedy had been applied to the disease in the place and time where it grew . If men of fuch principles were able to propagate them in a camp , and were ...
... wish for the honour of the army , as well as of the queen and mini- ftry , that a remedy had been applied to the disease in the place and time where it grew . If men of fuch principles were able to propagate them in a camp , and were ...
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... wishes of her people . This unhappy step in fome of their brethren may pass for an uncontroulable argument , that politicks are not their business , or their element . The fortune of war hath raised several perfons up to fwelling titles ...
... wishes of her people . This unhappy step in fome of their brethren may pass for an uncontroulable argument , that politicks are not their business , or their element . The fortune of war hath raised several perfons up to fwelling titles ...
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... wishes of her fubjects , and having called a free parliament , and at the fame time fum- moned the convocation by her royal writ , as in all times had been accustomed ; and foon after their meeting fent a moft gra- cious letter to the ...
... wishes of her fubjects , and having called a free parliament , and at the fame time fum- moned the convocation by her royal writ , as in all times had been accustomed ; and foon after their meeting fent a moft gra- cious letter to the ...
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