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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... interest , than to tax them annually to the full expence of the war . Several perfons , who had finall or incumbered eftates , fold them , and turned their money into thofe funds to great advan- tage : merchants , as well as other ...
... interest , than to tax them annually to the full expence of the war . Several perfons , who had finall or incumbered eftates , fold them , and turned their money into thofe funds to great advan- tage : merchants , as well as other ...
Page 62
... interest . ་ I will quit this subject for the present , when I have told one story . " There was a great king in Scythia , whofe dominions 66 were bounded on the north by the poor mountainous territories of a petty lord , " who paid ...
... interest . ་ I will quit this subject for the present , when I have told one story . " There was a great king in Scythia , whofe dominions 66 were bounded on the north by the poor mountainous territories of a petty lord , " who paid ...
Page 106
... ken , and from what motives . The election of members for this great city , carried , con- trary to all conjecture , against the united intereft interest of those two great bodies , the Bank and 106 THE EXAMINER . No. 24 .
... ken , and from what motives . The election of members for this great city , carried , con- trary to all conjecture , against the united intereft interest of those two great bodies , the Bank and 106 THE EXAMINER . No. 24 .
Page 107
... interest of those two great bodies , the Bank and Eaft India company , was another convinc- ing argument . Befides , the whigs them- felves have always confeffed , that the bulk of landed men in England was generally of to-- ries . So ...
... interest of those two great bodies , the Bank and Eaft India company , was another convinc- ing argument . Befides , the whigs them- felves have always confeffed , that the bulk of landed men in England was generally of to-- ries . So ...
Page 125
... interest and inclination , to let thefe angry people know , who is not the author of the Exami- ner . For I obferved , the opinion began to fpread ; and I chofe rather to facrifice the ho- nour I received by it , than let injudicious ...
... interest and inclination , to let thefe angry people know , who is not the author of the Exami- ner . For I obferved , the opinion began to fpread ; and I chofe rather to facrifice the ho- nour I received by it , than let injudicious ...
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