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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... ment affect to do otherwife . I doubted , whether any man could owe fo much to the fide he was of , although he were re- tained by it ; but without fome great point of intereft , either in poffeffion or profpect , I thought it was the ...
... ment affect to do otherwife . I doubted , whether any man could owe fo much to the fide he was of , although he were re- tained by it ; but without fome great point of intereft , either in poffeffion or profpect , I thought it was the ...
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... ment 8 0 50 0 A crown } · · 2 grant Mildenheim Pictures , jewels , etc. • Pall - mall grant , etc. Employ- ments 30000 " 60000 10000 } 100000 540000 copper me- dals , value 2 1 8 half - pence a - piece A trium- phal arch 500 о A trium ...
... ment 8 0 50 0 A crown } · · 2 grant Mildenheim Pictures , jewels , etc. • Pall - mall grant , etc. Employ- ments 30000 " 60000 10000 } 100000 540000 copper me- dals , value 2 1 8 half - pence a - piece A trium- phal arch 500 о A trium ...
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... ment to me , that , the crown being impoverished by former grants , fhe wanted the power her predeceffors had enjoyed to reward faithful fervants ; and the defired me to take out of the privy purfe 2000l . a year , in order to purchase ...
... ment to me , that , the crown being impoverished by former grants , fhe wanted the power her predeceffors had enjoyed to reward faithful fervants ; and the defired me to take out of the privy purfe 2000l . a year , in order to purchase ...
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... ment , my lords , a public robber , an " adulterer , a DEFILER OF ALTARS * , an enemy of religion and of all that is fa- In Sicily he fold all employments " of judicature , magiftracy , and truft , places in the council , and the ...
... ment , my lords , a public robber , an " adulterer , a DEFILER OF ALTARS * , an enemy of religion and of all that is fa- In Sicily he fold all employments " of judicature , magiftracy , and truft , places in the council , and the ...
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... ment ; and the best performances exploded as nonfenfe and ftupidity . This indeed may partly be imputed to policy and pru- dence ; but it is chiefly owing to that blindness , which prejudice and paffion caft over the understanding : I ...
... ment ; and the best performances exploded as nonfenfe and ftupidity . This indeed may partly be imputed to policy and pru- dence ; but it is chiefly owing to that blindness , which prejudice and paffion caft over the understanding : I ...
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