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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Page 25
... this formidable adversary entitle an Answer . This is what he hath exactly done in about thrice as many words as my whole difcourfe ; which is fo mighty an advantage over me , that I fhall by mighty N ° 15. THE EXAMINER . 25 N° p 142.
... this formidable adversary entitle an Answer . This is what he hath exactly done in about thrice as many words as my whole difcourfe ; which is fo mighty an advantage over me , that I fhall by mighty N ° 15. THE EXAMINER . 25 N° p 142.
Page 33
... answer for it . P. S. When this paper was going to the prefs , the printer brought me two more Obfervators , wholly taken up in my Examiner upon lying , which I was at the pains to read ; and they are juft fuch an Anfwer , as the two ...
... answer for it . P. S. When this paper was going to the prefs , the printer brought me two more Obfervators , wholly taken up in my Examiner upon lying , which I was at the pains to read ; and they are juft fuch an Anfwer , as the two ...
Page 46
... Her Majefty was pleased to answer , I might charge it . This therefore I did . Account of the conduct of the dowager duchess of Marl- borough , p . 294 , 295 . NUM- NUMBER XVII . Thursday , November 30 , 1710 . 46 N ° 16 . THE EXAMINER .
... Her Majefty was pleased to answer , I might charge it . This therefore I did . Account of the conduct of the dowager duchess of Marl- borough , p . 294 , 295 . NUM- NUMBER XVII . Thursday , November 30 , 1710 . 46 N ° 16 . THE EXAMINER .
Page 62
... answer to this , it is not fufficient to alledge , what no body doubts , that a good and wife prince may be al- lowed to change his minifters without giving a reason to his fubjects ; because it is probable , that he will not make fuch ...
... answer to this , it is not fufficient to alledge , what no body doubts , that a good and wife prince may be al- lowed to change his minifters without giving a reason to his fubjects ; because it is probable , that he will not make fuch ...
Page 65
... answer ; and are forced at laft freely to confefs , that the corruptions and abuses in every branch of the adminiftration were fo nu- merous and intolerable , that all things must have ended in ruin without fome fpeedy reformation ...
... answer ; and are forced at laft freely to confefs , that the corruptions and abuses in every branch of the adminiftration were fo nu- merous and intolerable , that all things must have ended in ruin without fome fpeedy reformation ...
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