The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Including the Whole of His Posthumous Pieces, Letters, &c, Volume 9C. Elliot, 1766 |
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... subjects , he hath , I think , but lately turned his genius to politicks . His famous tract , intituled Neck or nothing , must be allowed to be the fhrewdeft piece , and written with the most spirit of any , which hath appeared [ b ] Mr ...
... subjects , he hath , I think , but lately turned his genius to politicks . His famous tract , intituled Neck or nothing , must be allowed to be the fhrewdeft piece , and written with the most spirit of any , which hath appeared [ b ] Mr ...
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... being reprefented in England , he was removed from the council : to juftify him against this complaint was the subject of Steele's letter , in whofe defence he affronts the whole convocation of Ireland 2 in 12 SPIRIT THE PUBLIC.
... being reprefented in England , he was removed from the council : to juftify him against this complaint was the subject of Steele's letter , in whofe defence he affronts the whole convocation of Ireland 2 in 12 SPIRIT THE PUBLIC.
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... subject . But the clergy have , it seems , imbibed their no- tions of power and obedience , abhorrent from our laws , from the pompous ideas of imperial greatness and the fubmiffion to abfolute emperors . This is grofs ignorance , below ...
... subject . But the clergy have , it seems , imbibed their no- tions of power and obedience , abhorrent from our laws , from the pompous ideas of imperial greatness and the fubmiffion to abfolute emperors . This is grofs ignorance , below ...
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... subject of the pretender . ---- Eighthly , and laftly , he asks himself , Whether po- pery and ambition are became tame and quiet neighbours ? In this I can give him no fatisfaction , because I ne- ver was in that street where they live ...
... subject of the pretender . ---- Eighthly , and laftly , he asks himself , Whether po- pery and ambition are became tame and quiet neighbours ? In this I can give him no fatisfaction , because I ne- ver was in that street where they live ...
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... subject of quarrel , but the French king's governing it as if it were his own ; his feizing Ca- diz , Milan , and the Spanish Low - countries , with the indignity of proclaiming the Pretender . In all which we charge that prince with ...
... subject of quarrel , but the French king's governing it as if it were his own ; his feizing Ca- diz , Milan , and the Spanish Low - countries , with the indignity of proclaiming the Pretender . In all which we charge that prince with ...
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