The Works of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift ...C. Bathurst, W. Strahan, 1784 |
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... law , which the fupreme power makes , may not by the fame power be repealed ; fo that I fhall not de- termine , whether the queen's right be indefeafible or not . But this I will maintain , that whoever affirms it fo , is not guilty of ...
... law , which the fupreme power makes , may not by the fame power be repealed ; fo that I fhall not de- termine , whether the queen's right be indefeafible or not . But this I will maintain , that whoever affirms it fo , is not guilty of ...
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... law and juftice , and the difgrace as " well as deftruction of the Sicilian province ; of " whom if you fhall determine with equity and " due feverity , your authority will remain entire , " and upon fuch an establishment as it ought to ...
... law and juftice , and the difgrace as " well as deftruction of the Sicilian province ; of " whom if you fhall determine with equity and " due feverity , your authority will remain entire , " and upon fuch an establishment as it ought to ...
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... laws , nor their own , " nor even of common right . In Sicily , no man " how poffeffes more than what the governor's luft and avarice have overlooked , or what he was " forced to neglect , out of mere wearinefs and fatiety of oppreffion ...
... laws , nor their own , " nor even of common right . In Sicily , no man " how poffeffes more than what the governor's luft and avarice have overlooked , or what he was " forced to neglect , out of mere wearinefs and fatiety of oppreffion ...
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... For inftance , I never read in ftory of a law enacted to take away the force of all laws . whatsoever ; by which a man may fafely commit upon the laft of June , what what he would infallibly be hanged for , if he N ° 17 . 43 THE EXAMINER .
... For inftance , I never read in ftory of a law enacted to take away the force of all laws . whatsoever ; by which a man may fafely commit upon the laft of June , what what he would infallibly be hanged for , if he N ° 17 . 43 THE EXAMINER .
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... law and vengeance , for cafting reflections on so many great and honourable men , whofe birth , virtue , and abilities , whofe morals and religion , whofe love of their country , and its constitution in church and state , were fo ...
... law and vengeance , for cafting reflections on so many great and honourable men , whofe birth , virtue , and abilities , whofe morals and religion , whofe love of their country , and its constitution in church and state , were fo ...
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