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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Page 57
... established , confirmed , and fecured by feveral laws ; her majesty's repeated declarations , and the oaths of all her fubjects , en- gage both her and them to preserve what those laws have fettled . This is a fecurity indeed , a ...
... established , confirmed , and fecured by feveral laws ; her majesty's repeated declarations , and the oaths of all her fubjects , en- gage both her and them to preserve what those laws have fettled . This is a fecurity indeed , a ...
Page 96
... established be an equivalent to thofe many unreasonable exorbitant articles in the rest of the treaty , let the world judge . What an impreffion of our fettlement must it give abroad , to see our minifters offering fuch conditions to ...
... established be an equivalent to thofe many unreasonable exorbitant articles in the rest of the treaty , let the world judge . What an impreffion of our fettlement must it give abroad , to see our minifters offering fuch conditions to ...
Page 126
... established , and the dizieme denier raised by collectors in red coats . And this was just the cir- cumftance , which it fuited their intereft to be in . The house of Austria approved this scheme with reafon ; fince whatever would be ...
... established , and the dizieme denier raised by collectors in red coats . And this was just the cir- cumftance , which it fuited their intereft to be in . The house of Austria approved this scheme with reafon ; fince whatever would be ...
Page 145
... established method , which cannot fail . When the king of France , in the times of his grandeur , fat down before a town , his generals and engineers would often fix the day when it fhould furrender : the enemy , fenfible of all this ...
... established method , which cannot fail . When the king of France , in the times of his grandeur , fat down before a town , his generals and engineers would often fix the day when it fhould furrender : the enemy , fenfible of all this ...
Page 165
... established a reputation in the world for their piety , wisdom , and humanity , that no neceffity of this kind is like to appear in their days ; but I muft ftill infift , that it is a diminution to the independency of the imperial crown ...
... established a reputation in the world for their piety , wisdom , and humanity , that no neceffity of this kind is like to appear in their days ; but I muft ftill infift , that it is a diminution to the independency of the imperial crown ...
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