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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... answer to the Crifis by Sir Richard Steele . ORRERY . The noble commentator , who appears in another inftance to have given an account of the works of his author , from a perufal of no more than a title * in the Dublin editions , has ...
... answer to the Crifis by Sir Richard Steele . ORRERY . The noble commentator , who appears in another inftance to have given an account of the works of his author , from a perufal of no more than a title * in the Dublin editions , has ...
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... answer it . I confefs , I was at firft of the fame opinion with feveral good judges , who , from the ftyle and manner , suppose it to have iffued from the fharp pen of the earl of Nottingham ; and I am ftill apt to think it might ...
... answer it . I confefs , I was at firft of the fame opinion with feveral good judges , who , from the ftyle and manner , suppose it to have iffued from the fharp pen of the earl of Nottingham ; and I am ftill apt to think it might ...
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... answer no ; but they have sent every where , and it will do a world of good . It is a pamphlet , and a pamphlet they hear against the miniftry ; talks of flavery , France , and the pre- tender : they defire no more ; it will fettle the ...
... answer no ; but they have sent every where , and it will do a world of good . It is a pamphlet , and a pamphlet they hear against the miniftry ; talks of flavery , France , and the pre- tender : they defire no more ; it will fettle the ...
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... answer , that the figns of it in a kingdom or ftate are , first , good laws ; and , fecondly , thofe laws well executed : we are pretty well provided with the former , but ex- D 3 tremely - tremely defective in the latter . Secondly ...
... answer , that the figns of it in a kingdom or ftate are , first , good laws ; and , fecondly , thofe laws well executed : we are pretty well provided with the former , but ex- D 3 tremely - tremely defective in the latter . Secondly ...
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... answer the queftion naturally , Louis XIV . is king of France , Philip V. ( by the counfels and acknowledgements of the whigs ) is king of Spain , and fo on . If by power he means money ; the duke of Marlborough is thought to have more ...
... answer the queftion naturally , Louis XIV . is king of France , Philip V. ( by the counfels and acknowledgements of the whigs ) is king of Spain , and fo on . If by power he means money ; the duke of Marlborough is thought to have more ...
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