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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... 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 ufed to be reckoned by the value of land , is now computed by the rife and fall of ...
... 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 ufed to be reckoned by the value of land , is now computed by the rife and fall of ...
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... because he delivers his opinion , although the prince declares , as he juftly may , that the danger is not owing to his adminiftration ? or fhall the prince himself be blamed , when , in fuch a juncture , he puts his affairs into other ...
... because he delivers his opinion , although the prince declares , as he juftly may , that the danger is not owing to his adminiftration ? or fhall the prince himself be blamed , when , in fuch a juncture , he puts his affairs into other ...
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... because they think he may be like fome diseases , that come with a fright . Do they not be- lieve , that the queen's prefent miniftry love her majesty , at least as well as some others loved the church ? And why is it not as great a ...
... because they think he may be like fome diseases , that come with a fright . Do they not be- lieve , that the queen's prefent miniftry love her majesty , at least as well as some others loved the church ? And why is it not as great a ...
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... because they knew he then prefided in my coach - box . Again , suppose I should dif- cover some uneafiness to find myself , I knew not how , over head and ears in debt , al- though I were fure my tenants paid their rents very well , and ...
... because they knew he then prefided in my coach - box . Again , suppose I should dif- cover some uneafiness to find myself , I knew not how , over head and ears in debt , al- though I were fure my tenants paid their rents very well , and ...
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... because it is probable , that he will not make fuch a change without very important reasons and a good subject ought to fuppofe , that in fuch a cafe there are fuch reafons , al- though he be not apprifed of them ; other- wife he muft ...
... because it is probable , that he will not make fuch a change without very important reasons and a good subject ought to fuppofe , that in fuch a cafe there are fuch reafons , al- though he be not apprifed of them ; other- wife he muft ...
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