The Works of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift ...C. Bathurst, W. Strahan, 1784 |
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... allowed to 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 used to be reckon- ed by the value of ...
... allowed to 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 used to be reckon- ed by the value of ...
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... allowed to 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 used to be reckon- ed by the value of ...
... allowed to 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 used to be reckon- ed by the value of ...
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... allowed chriftian burial ? not doubting but we had put him to fome ignominious death . Or has he been tried for his life , and very narrowly escaped ? has he been accused of high crimes and misdeameanors ? has the prince By this mode of ...
... allowed chriftian burial ? not doubting but we had put him to fome ignominious death . Or has he been tried for his life , and very narrowly escaped ? has he been accused of high crimes and misdeameanors ? has the prince By this mode of ...
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... allow me to charge in the privy purfe accounts , which I was to fend her , that yearly fum from the time of the offer , amount- ing to 18,000l . Her majesty was pleafed to anfwer , I might charge it . This therefore I did . Account of ...
... allow me to charge in the privy purfe accounts , which I was to fend her , that yearly fum from the time of the offer , amount- ing to 18,000l . Her majesty was pleafed to anfwer , I might charge it . This therefore I did . Account of ...
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... allow , it is written by a club , and that very great hands have fingers in it . As for those who only appear its adverfaries in print , they give me but very little pain . The paper I hold , lies at my mercy , and I can govern it as I ...
... allow , it is written by a club , and that very great hands have fingers in it . As for those who only appear its adverfaries in print , they give me but very little pain . The paper I hold , lies at my mercy , and I can govern it as I ...
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