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 37
... lord keeper , their own lord prefident of the council , their own chief governor of Ireland , and their own parliament ? In a kingdom where the people are free , how came they to be fo fond of having their counfels under the influence ...
... lord keeper , their own lord prefident of the council , their own chief governor of Ireland , and their own parliament ? In a kingdom where the people are free , how came they to be fo fond of having their counfels under the influence ...
Page 51
... Sicily for three years ; and , on his return from his government , the Sicilians Earl of Wharton , lord lieutenant of Ireland . E 2 entreated entreated Cicero to impeach him in the fenate ; which N ° 17. THE EXAMINER . 51.
... Sicily for three years ; and , on his return from his government , the Sicilians Earl of Wharton , lord lieutenant of Ireland . E 2 entreated entreated Cicero to impeach him in the fenate ; which N ° 17. THE EXAMINER . 51.
Page 52
... LORDS , " A pernicious opinion hath for fome " time prevailed , not only at Rome , but among our neighbouring nations , that a man who hath money enough , al- " though he be ever fo guilty , cannot be " condemned in this place . But ...
... LORDS , " A pernicious opinion hath for fome " time prevailed , not only at Rome , but among our neighbouring nations , that a man who hath money enough , al- " though he be ever fo guilty , cannot be " condemned in this place . But ...
Page 53
... lords , " hath publicly faid , that those ought to be afraid of accufations , who have only robbed enough for their own fup- port and maintenance ; but that he hath " plundered fufficient to bribe numbers ; " and that nothing is fo high ...
... lords , " hath publicly faid , that those ought to be afraid of accufations , who have only robbed enough for their own fup- port and maintenance ; but that he hath " plundered fufficient to bribe numbers ; " and that nothing is fo high ...
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... lords , a public robber , an " adulterer , a DEFILER OF ALTARS * , an enemy of religion and of all that is fa- In Sicily ... lord to a pulpit , and defiled it in Wharton is true ; who , with the moft filthy manner . fome other wretches ...
... lords , a public robber , an " adulterer , a DEFILER OF ALTARS * , an enemy of religion and of all that is fa- In Sicily ... lord to a pulpit , and defiled it in Wharton is true ; who , with the moft filthy manner . fome other wretches ...
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