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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... church or state could probably have been long preserved without fuch methods , as have been already taken . THE late revolutions at court have given room to fome fpecious objections , which I have heard repeated by well - meaning men ...
... church or state could probably have been long preserved without fuch methods , as have been already taken . THE late revolutions at court have given room to fome fpecious objections , which I have heard repeated by well - meaning men ...
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... church and ftate ; and were brought to yield to those breaches in the fucceffion of the crown , out of a regard to the ne- ceffity of the kingdom and the fafety of the people , which did , and could only , make them lawful ; but without ...
... church and ftate ; and were brought to yield to those breaches in the fucceffion of the crown , out of a regard to the ne- ceffity of the kingdom and the fafety of the people , which did , and could only , make them lawful ; but without ...
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Jonathan Swift John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift. the church of England were wholly incon- fiftent with the Revolution . Hence began the early practice of careffing the Diffen- ters , reviling the univerfities , as maintain- ers of arbitrary ...
Jonathan Swift John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift. the church of England were wholly incon- fiftent with the Revolution . Hence began the early practice of careffing the Diffen- ters , reviling the univerfities , as maintain- ers of arbitrary ...
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... principle and intereft it was to cor- rupt our manners , blind.our understand- ing , drain our wealth , and in time destroy C 2 our our conflitution both in church and state ; and we N ° 14. THE EXAMINER . 19 N° p 69.
... principle and intereft it was to cor- rupt our manners , blind.our understand- ing , drain our wealth , and in time destroy C 2 our our conflitution both in church and state ; and we N ° 14. THE EXAMINER . 19 N° p 69.
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Jonathan Swift John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift. our conflitution both in church and state ; and we at laft were brought to the very brink of ruin ; yet , by the means of per- petual reprefentations , have never been able to diftinguish ...
Jonathan Swift John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift. our conflitution both in church and state ; and we at laft were brought to the very brink of ruin ; yet , by the means of per- petual reprefentations , have never been able to diftinguish ...
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Page 308 - Whig, that the more revolutions the better ; which, how odd a maxim soever in appearance, I take to be the true characteristic of the party. A dog loves to turn round often; yet after certain revolutions he lies down to rest: but heads under the...
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