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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... must now fall in with , although he may be allowed to wifh it might foon have an end ; 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 ...
... must now fall in with , although he may be allowed to wifh it might foon have an end ; 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 ...
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... must be avowed that , for fome years IT paft , there have been few things more wanted in England than fuch a paper as this ought to be : and fuch as I will en- deavour to make it , as long as it shall be found of any ufe , without ...
... must be avowed that , for fome years IT paft , there have been few things more wanted in England than fuch a paper as this ought to be : and fuch as I will en- deavour to make it , as long as it shall be found of any ufe , without ...
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... danger under the best princes that ever reigned , and without the leaft guilt of theirs , is fuch a truth , as a man must be a great ftranger to hiftory and The wifeft and common fenfe to doubt . prince on 28 THE EXAMINER , N ° 15 ,
... danger under the best princes that ever reigned , and without the leaft guilt of theirs , is fuch a truth , as a man must be a great ftranger to hiftory and The wifeft and common fenfe to doubt . prince on 28 THE EXAMINER , N ° 15 ,
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... where the only way for a great general or minifter to acquire any degree of fubordinate affection from the publick must be by all marks of the most entire fubmiffion and refpect to her facred D 3 of N ° 16. THE EXAMINER . 37.
... where the only way for a great general or minifter to acquire any degree of fubordinate affection from the publick must be by all marks of the most entire fubmiffion and refpect to her facred D 3 of N ° 16. THE EXAMINER . 37.
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... must be fold to pay them . I form my judgment from the practice of thofe , who fometimes happen to pay themselves , and , I dare af- firm , would not be fo unjust to take a farthing more than they think is due to their deferts . I will ...
... must be fold to pay them . I form my judgment from the practice of thofe , who fometimes happen to pay themselves , and , I dare af- firm , would not be fo unjust to take a farthing more than they think is due to their deferts . I will ...
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