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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... Most of the nobility and gentry , who invited over the prince of Orange , or at- tended him in his expedition , were true lovers of their country and its conftitution in church and ftate ; and were brought to yield to those breaches in ...
... Most of the nobility and gentry , who invited over the prince of Orange , or at- tended him in his expedition , were true lovers of their country and its conftitution in church and ftate ; and were brought to yield to those breaches in ...
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... to Flanders , Spain , or Portugal ; and every penny of it , whether in fpecie or returns , is fo much loft to the nation for ever . Upon Upon these confiderations alone , it was the most prudent 10 THE EXAMINER . N ° 13 .
... to Flanders , Spain , or Portugal ; and every penny of it , whether in fpecie or returns , is fo much loft to the nation for ever . Upon Upon these confiderations alone , it was the most prudent 10 THE EXAMINER . N ° 13 .
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... most prudent courfe imaginable in the QUEEN , to lay hold of the disposition of the people for changing the parliament and ministry at this juncture , and extri- cating herself as foon as poffible out of the pupillage of thofe , who ...
... most prudent courfe imaginable in the QUEEN , to lay hold of the disposition of the people for changing the parliament and ministry at this juncture , and extri- cating herself as foon as poffible out of the pupillage of thofe , who ...
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... most skilful head in Eng- land for the management of nice affairs . The fuperiority of his genius confifts in nothing else , but an inexhauftible fund of political yes , which he plentifully diftri- butes every minute he fpeaks , and by ...
... most skilful head in Eng- land for the management of nice affairs . The fuperiority of his genius confifts in nothing else , but an inexhauftible fund of political yes , which he plentifully diftri- butes every minute he fpeaks , and by ...
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... party , after it hath been often practifed and is become notorious ; but they are widely miftaken . Few yes carry the inventor's mark , and the the most proftitute enemy to truth may spread a thousand 18 THE EXAMINER . N ° 14 N° 58.
... party , after it hath been often practifed and is become notorious ; but they are widely miftaken . Few yes carry the inventor's mark , and the the most proftitute enemy to truth may spread a thousand 18 THE EXAMINER . N ° 14 N° 58.
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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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