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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... Queen ANNE of the affront put on them and their nation by the author of this Treatife . Whereupon a proclamation was published by her Majefty , offering a reward of three hundred pounds to difcover him . The reafon for offering fo fmall ...
... Queen ANNE of the affront put on them and their nation by the author of this Treatife . Whereupon a proclamation was published by her Majefty , offering a reward of three hundred pounds to difcover him . The reafon for offering fo fmall ...
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... QUEEN and her minifters . Among the prefent writers on that fide I can re- collect but three of any great diftinction , which are the Flying - poft , Mr. Dunton , and the author of The Crifis [ b ] . The first of these seems to have ...
... QUEEN and her minifters . Among the prefent writers on that fide I can re- collect but three of any great diftinction , which are the Flying - poft , Mr. Dunton , and the author of The Crifis [ b ] . The first of these seems to have ...
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... QUEEN and her fervants ; which his coadjutors , the earl of Nottingham , Mr. Dunton , and the flying - post , had long ago fet before us in a much clearer light . 1 In popish countries , when fome impoftor cries out , A miracle ! a ...
... QUEEN and her fervants ; which his coadjutors , the earl of Nottingham , Mr. Dunton , and the flying - post , had long ago fet before us in a much clearer light . 1 In popish countries , when fome impoftor cries out , A miracle ! a ...
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... QUEEN " and minifters , who have been hitherto content " with only disappointing the lurking villainies of " your faction , may be at laft provoked to ex- " pose them . " But his refpect for the clergy is fuch , that he doth not ...
... QUEEN " and minifters , who have been hitherto content " with only disappointing the lurking villainies of " your faction , may be at laft provoked to ex- " pose them . " But his refpect for the clergy is fuch , that he doth not ...
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... QUEEN and her administration . Every whiffler in a laced coat , who frequents the chocolate - house , and is able to fpell the title of a pamphlet , fhall talk of the conftitution with as much plaufibility as this very folemn writer ...
... QUEEN and her administration . Every whiffler in a laced coat , who frequents the chocolate - house , and is able to fpell the title of a pamphlet , fhall talk of the conftitution with as much plaufibility as this very folemn writer ...
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