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 44
... equal advantage to the uncer- tainty of a battle ? A whole campaign under the duke of Marlborough , with fuch an acquifition , al- though at the cost of many thousand lives , and fe- veral millions of money , would have been thought ...
... equal advantage to the uncer- tainty of a battle ? A whole campaign under the duke of Marlborough , with fuch an acquifition , al- though at the cost of many thousand lives , and fe- veral millions of money , would have been thought ...
Page 58
... equal division of favour and em- ployments between the whigs and tories ; for if the former can have no part or portion [ w ] in David , they defire no longer to be his fubjects . He infifts , that her majefty hath exactly followed ...
... equal division of favour and em- ployments between the whigs and tories ; for if the former can have no part or portion [ w ] in David , they defire no longer to be his fubjects . He infifts , that her majefty hath exactly followed ...
Page 118
... equal foot of merit , began to make over- tures to the discarded whigs , who would be content with any terms of accommodation . Thus com- menced this folemn league and covenant , which hath ever fince been cultivated with fo much ...
... equal foot of merit , began to make over- tures to the discarded whigs , who would be content with any terms of accommodation . Thus com- menced this folemn league and covenant , which hath ever fince been cultivated with fo much ...
Page 137
... equal to the landed men , they will have their full principal and intereft at fix per cent . re- maining of all the money they ever lent to the government . Without this refource , or fome other equally miraculous , it is impoffible for ...
... equal to the landed men , they will have their full principal and intereft at fix per cent . re- maining of all the money they ever lent to the government . Without this refource , or fome other equally miraculous , it is impoffible for ...
Page 168
... equal , and the world may believe him or me as they please . But , I think , the great point of controversy be- tween us is , whether the effects and confequences of things follow better from his premises or mine ? And there I will not ...
... equal , and the world may believe him or me as they please . But , I think , the great point of controversy be- tween us is , whether the effects and confequences of things follow better from his premises or mine ? And there I will not ...
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