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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Page 64
... leaving the care of informing po- fterity to better pens , I fhall , with due re- gard to truth , difcretion , and the fafety of my perfon from the men of the new - fan- gled moderation , continue to take all proper opportunities of ...
... leaving the care of informing po- fterity to better pens , I fhall , with due re- gard to truth , difcretion , and the fafety of my perfon from the men of the new - fan- gled moderation , continue to take all proper opportunities of ...
Page 70
... leave to fay , that fo weak a caufe , and fo ruined a faclion , were never provided with pens more refembling their condition , or lefs fuited to their occafions . Non tali auxilio , nec defenforibus iftis , Tempus eget . This is the ...
... leave to fay , that fo weak a caufe , and fo ruined a faclion , were never provided with pens more refembling their condition , or lefs fuited to their occafions . Non tali auxilio , nec defenforibus iftis , Tempus eget . This is the ...
Page 73
... my 1 -- d - be prefident " of the council . I muft beg leave to fur- " render , except - has the staff . I muft " not accept the feals , unless comes " into the other office . " This hath been " into N ° 19. THE EXAMINER . 73.
... my 1 -- d - be prefident " of the council . I muft beg leave to fur- " render , except - has the staff . I muft " not accept the feals , unless comes " into the other office . " This hath been " into N ° 19. THE EXAMINER . 73.
Page 82
... leave to disband , upon condition they would pay him ten fillings a man , which amounted to a mighty fum in those days . Confider a kingdom as a great family , whereof the prince is the father , and it will appear plainly , that ...
... leave to disband , upon condition they would pay him ten fillings a man , which amounted to a mighty fum in those days . Confider a kingdom as a great family , whereof the prince is the father , and it will appear plainly , that ...
Page 83
... leave their affairs to be neglected in their abfence . The art of making fol- diery a trade , and keeping armies in pay , feems in Europe to have had two originals : the first was ufurpation ; when popular men deftroyed the liberties of ...
... leave their affairs to be neglected in their abfence . The art of making fol- diery a trade , and keeping armies in pay , feems in Europe to have had two originals : the first was ufurpation ; when popular men deftroyed the liberties of ...
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