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 106
... interest ; but he rather chofe to facrifice the whole alliance to his private paffion , by entirely fubduing and enslav- ing a miferable people , who had but too much provocation to take up arms to free themfelves from the oppreffions ...
... interest ; but he rather chofe to facrifice the whole alliance to his private paffion , by entirely fubduing and enslav- ing a miferable people , who had but too much provocation to take up arms to free themfelves from the oppreffions ...
Page 117
... interest . These , laft , among whom were feveral perfons of the greatest merit , quality , and confequence , were not able to endure the many inftances of pride , info- lence , avarice , and ambition , which thofe favour- I 3 ites ites ...
... interest . These , laft , among whom were feveral perfons of the greatest merit , quality , and confequence , were not able to endure the many inftances of pride , info- lence , avarice , and ambition , which thofe favour- I 3 ites ites ...
Page 130
... interests of feveral princes and ftates in the alliance have taken a new turn , and , I believe , it will be found that ours ought to do so too . We have fufficiently blundered once already , by changing our measures with regard to a ...
... interests of feveral princes and ftates in the alliance have taken a new turn , and , I believe , it will be found that ours ought to do so too . We have fufficiently blundered once already , by changing our measures with regard to a ...
Page 134
... interest for what we have already borrowed . The yearly charge of the war is ufually about fix milli- ons ; to make up which fum we are forced to take up , on the credit of new funds , about three mil- lions and an half . This last year ...
... interest for what we have already borrowed . The yearly charge of the war is ufually about fix milli- ons ; to make up which fum we are forced to take up , on the credit of new funds , about three mil- lions and an half . This last year ...
Page 141
... interest , and the advancement of a private . We have been fighting to raise the wealth and grandeur of a particular fa- mily ; to enrich ufurers and ftock - jobbers , and to cultivate the pernicious defigns of a faction by de- ftroying ...
... interest , and the advancement of a private . We have been fighting to raise the wealth and grandeur of a particular fa- mily ; to enrich ufurers and ftock - jobbers , and to cultivate the pernicious defigns of a faction by de- ftroying ...
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