The Works of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift ...C. Bathurst, W. Strahan, 1784 |
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... able to impofe annually upon his fubjects ? Neither , if the war laft many years longer , do I fee how the next generation will be able to begin another ; which , in the course of human affairs , and according to the various inter- ests ...
... able to impofe annually upon his fubjects ? Neither , if the war laft many years longer , do I fee how the next generation will be able to begin another ; which , in the course of human affairs , and according to the various inter- ests ...
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... able to impose annually upon his fubjects ? Neither , if the war laft many years longer , do I fee how the next generation will be able to begin another ; which , in the course of human affairs , and according to the various inter- efts ...
... able to impose annually upon his fubjects ? Neither , if the war laft many years longer , do I fee how the next generation will be able to begin another ; which , in the course of human affairs , and according to the various inter- efts ...
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... able to diftin- guish between our enemies and friends . We have seen a great part of the nation's money got into the hands of those , who , by their birth , education and merit , could pretend no higher than to wear our liveries ; while ...
... able to diftin- guish between our enemies and friends . We have seen a great part of the nation's money got into the hands of those , who , by their birth , education and merit , could pretend no higher than to wear our liveries ; while ...
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... able to inform me ; and if I deliver my fentiments with fome freedom , I hope it will be forgiven , while I accompany it with that tenderness , which fo nice a point requires . I faid I faid in a former paper , ( Number 13 N ° 16 . 27 ...
... able to inform me ; and if I deliver my fentiments with fome freedom , I hope it will be forgiven , while I accompany it with that tenderness , which fo nice a point requires . I faid I faid in a former paper , ( Number 13 N ° 16 . 27 ...
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... able to fkreen them from univerfal hatred . But the late miniftry was clofely joined to the general by friendship , intereft , alliance , inclina- tion , and opinion ; which cannot be affirmed of the present and the ingratitude of the ...
... able to fkreen them from univerfal hatred . But the late miniftry was clofely joined to the general by friendship , intereft , alliance , inclina- tion , and opinion ; which cannot be affirmed of the present and the ingratitude of the ...
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