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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... kingdom and the fafety of the people , which did , and could only , make them lawful ; but without intention of drawing fuch a practice into pre- cedent , or making it a standing measure by which to proceed in all times to come ; and ...
... kingdom and the fafety of the people , which did , and could only , make them lawful ; but without intention of drawing fuch a practice into pre- cedent , or making it a standing measure by which to proceed in all times to come ; and ...
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... kingdom as with a private fortune , where every new incumbrance adds a double weight . By this means the wealth of a nation , that used to be reckoned by the value of land , is now computed by the rife and fall of stocks : and although ...
... kingdom as with a private fortune , where every new incumbrance adds a double weight . By this means the wealth of a nation , that used to be reckoned by the value of land , is now computed by the rife and fall of stocks : and although ...
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... kingdom , it would very near , if not fully , fupply the occafions of the war ; at least fuch a part as , in the opinion of very able perfons , had been at that time prudent not to exceed . For I make it a question , whether any wife ...
... kingdom , it would very near , if not fully , fupply the occafions of the war ; at least fuch a part as , in the opinion of very able perfons , had been at that time prudent not to exceed . For I make it a question , whether any wife ...
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... kingdom with its noife , which , although too proud and great at pre- fent to own its parents , I can remember its ubifper - hood . To conclude the nativity of this monster ; when it comes into the world without a fing , it is ftill ...
... kingdom with its noife , which , although too proud and great at pre- fent to own its parents , I can remember its ubifper - hood . To conclude the nativity of this monster ; when it comes into the world without a fing , it is ftill ...
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... kingdom fhould , if poffi- ble , be fet right in their opinions by fome impartial hand : which hath never been yet attempted ; thofe , who have hitherto under- taken it , being , upon every account , the leaft qualified of all human ...
... kingdom fhould , if poffi- ble , be fet right in their opinions by fome impartial hand : which hath never been yet attempted ; thofe , who have hitherto under- taken it , being , upon every account , the leaft qualified of all human ...
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