The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Accurately Revised, in Twelve Volumes. Adorned with Copper-plates; with Some Account of the Author's Life, and Notes Historical and Explanatory, Volume 8C. Bathurst, T. Osborne, W. Bowyer, J. Hinton, W. Strahan, B. Collins, J. Rivington, R. Baldwin, L. Davis and C. Reymers, and J. Dodsley., 1765 |
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... shall not de- termine , whether the queen's right be inde- feafible , or no . But this I will maintain ; that whoever affirms it fo ; is not guilty of a crime ; for in that fettlement of the crown af- ter the revolution , where her ...
... shall not de- termine , whether the queen's right be inde- feafible , or no . But this I will maintain ; that whoever affirms it fo ; is not guilty of a crime ; for in that fettlement of the crown af- ter the revolution , where her ...
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... shall determine with equity " and due feverity , your authority will re- " main entire , and upon fuch an establish- " ment as it ought to be : But if his great " riches will be able to force their way through " that religious reverence ...
... shall determine with equity " and due feverity , your authority will re- " main entire , and upon fuch an establish- " ment as it ought to be : But if his great " riches will be able to force their way through " that religious reverence ...
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... shall not leave it to the partiality of either party , but to the infallible judgment of my printer . One principal end I defigned by it , was to unde- ceive thofe well - meaning people , who have been drawn unawares into a wrong sense ...
... shall not leave it to the partiality of either party , but to the infallible judgment of my printer . One principal end I defigned by it , was to unde- ceive thofe well - meaning people , who have been drawn unawares into a wrong sense ...
Page 49
... shall hereafter fay , of this kind , be thought to reflect upon perfons , although none have been named , I know not how it can poffibly be avoided . The queen in her fpeech mentions , with great concern , that " the navy and other ...
... shall hereafter fay , of this kind , be thought to reflect upon perfons , although none have been named , I know not how it can poffibly be avoided . The queen in her fpeech mentions , with great concern , that " the navy and other ...
Page 58
... shall mention , was that of in- troducing certain new phrases into the court ftyle , which had been very seldom , or never , made ufe of in former times . They usually ran in the following terms ; Madam , I " cannot serve you while fuch ...
... shall mention , was that of in- troducing certain new phrases into the court ftyle , which had been very seldom , or never , made ufe of in former times . They usually ran in the following terms ; Madam , I " cannot serve you while fuch ...
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