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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... crown hath been fettled by previous acts . I never heard of any act of parliament that was not previous to what it enacted , unless those two , by which the earl of Strafford and Sir John Fenwick loft their heads , may pass for ...
... crown hath been fettled by previous acts . I never heard of any act of parliament that was not previous to what it enacted , unless those two , by which the earl of Strafford and Sir John Fenwick loft their heads , may pass for ...
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... crown , and whofe fpirit of faction hath lately got the better of their intereft . For let him fearch all the reft of the kingdom , he will find the furrounded clergy , and the furrounding gentry , wholly ftrangers to the merits of ...
... crown , and whofe fpirit of faction hath lately got the better of their intereft . For let him fearch all the reft of the kingdom , he will find the furrounded clergy , and the furrounding gentry , wholly ftrangers to the merits of ...
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... crown with → out danger from the pretender , except among those who are called the whig party , the Hanover fuc- ceffion is then indeed in a very defperate ftate : that illuftrious family will have almost nine in ten of the kingdom ...
... crown with → out danger from the pretender , except among those who are called the whig party , the Hanover fuc- ceffion is then indeed in a very defperate ftate : that illuftrious family will have almost nine in ten of the kingdom ...
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... crown upon the house of Hanover , but left themselves at large , in hopes to make their advantage ; and it was thought highly dangerous to leave that part of the ifland , inhabited by a poor fierce northern people , at liberty to put ...
... crown upon the house of Hanover , but left themselves at large , in hopes to make their advantage ; and it was thought highly dangerous to leave that part of the ifland , inhabited by a poor fierce northern people , at liberty to put ...
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... crown ; when , by the weakness or corruption of a certain minister , fince dead , an act of parliament was obtained by the Scots , which gave them leave to arm themselves [ o ] ; and fo the Union became neceffary , not for any actual ...
... crown ; when , by the weakness or corruption of a certain minister , fince dead , an act of parliament was obtained by the Scots , which gave them leave to arm themselves [ o ] ; and fo the Union became neceffary , not for any actual ...
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