The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin ...W. Bowyer, C. Bathurst, W. Owen, W. Strahan, J. Rivington, J. Hinton, L. Davis, and C. Reymers, R. Baldwin, J. Dodsley, S. Crowder and Company and B. Collins., 1768 |
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... affairs is admirably defcribed by two verfes in Lucan : Hinc ufura vorax , avidumque in tempore foenus , Hinc concuffa fides , et multis utile bellum . Which , without any great force upon the words , may be thus tranflated : Hence are ...
... affairs is admirably defcribed by two verfes in Lucan : Hinc ufura vorax , avidumque in tempore foenus , Hinc concuffa fides , et multis utile bellum . Which , without any great force upon the words , may be thus tranflated : Hence are ...
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... affairs , and according to the various inter- efts and ambition of princes , may be as neceffary for them , as it hath been for us . And if our fathers had left us as deeply involved , as we are likely to leave our children , 2 children ...
... affairs , and according to the various inter- efts and ambition of princes , may be as neceffary for them , as it hath been for us . And if our fathers had left us as deeply involved , as we are likely to leave our children , 2 children ...
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... affairs . The fuperiority of his genius confifts in nothing else , but an inexhauftible fund of political yes , which he plentifully diftri- butes every minute he fpeaks , and by an unparalleled generofity forgets , and con- fequently ...
... affairs . The fuperiority of his genius confifts in nothing else , but an inexhauftible fund of political yes , which he plentifully diftri- butes every minute he fpeaks , and by an unparalleled generofity forgets , and con- fequently ...
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... affairs , and the prefent power of an unruly faction , or deceived by the craft of ill - defigning men . One or two minifters , most in his confidence , may at firft have good intentions , but grow cor- rupted by time , by avarice , by ...
... affairs , and the prefent power of an unruly faction , or deceived by the craft of ill - defigning men . One or two minifters , most in his confidence , may at firft have good intentions , but grow cor- rupted by time , by avarice , by ...
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... affairs , where they have been ma- naged with rafhnefs or wilfulness , corrup- tion , ignorance , or injuftice . Barely to relate the facts , at leaft while they are fresh in memory , will as much reflect upon the perfons concerned , as ...
... affairs , where they have been ma- naged with rafhnefs or wilfulness , corrup- tion , ignorance , or injuftice . Barely to relate the facts , at leaft while they are fresh in memory , will as much reflect upon the perfons concerned , as ...
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