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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... offering a reward of three hundred pounds to difcover him . The reafon for offering fo fmall a fum was , that the Queen and Miniftry had no de- fire to have the author taken into cuftody . THE THE PUBLIC SPIRIT I OF THE WHIGS [ a ]
... offering a reward of three hundred pounds to difcover him . The reafon for offering fo fmall a fum was , that the Queen and Miniftry had no de- fire to have the author taken into cuftody . THE THE PUBLIC SPIRIT I OF THE WHIGS [ a ]
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... efquires , gentlemen , and others , going to Sam . Buckley's , the publisher of The Crifis , to fetch home their cargoes , in order to tranfmit them by dozens , it dozens , fcores , and hundreds , into the 6 THE PUBLIC SPIRIT.
... efquires , gentlemen , and others , going to Sam . Buckley's , the publisher of The Crifis , to fetch home their cargoes , in order to tranfmit them by dozens , it dozens , fcores , and hundreds , into the 6 THE PUBLIC SPIRIT.
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... hundreds , into the feveral counties , and thereby to prepare the wills and un- derstandings of their friends against the approach- ing feffions . Ask Afk any of them , whether they have read it ? they will answer no ; but they have ...
... hundreds , into the feveral counties , and thereby to prepare the wills and un- derstandings of their friends against the approach- ing feffions . Ask Afk any of them , whether they have read it ? they will answer no ; but they have ...
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... hundred years , and the authors do every where inftil republican principles ; and , from the account of nine in twelve of the firft emperors , we learn to have a deteftation against tyranny . The Greeks . The Greeks carry this point yet ...
... hundred years , and the authors do every where inftil republican principles ; and , from the account of nine in twelve of the firft emperors , we learn to have a deteftation against tyranny . The Greeks . The Greeks carry this point yet ...
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... hundred times ; and builds upon it a system of the origin of govern- When the vulgar here in England assemble in a riotous manner ( which is not very frequent of late years ) the prince takes a much more effec- tual way than that of ...
... hundred times ; and builds upon it a system of the origin of govern- When the vulgar here in England assemble in a riotous manner ( which is not very frequent of late years ) the prince takes a much more effec- tual way than that of ...
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