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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... must be allowed to be the fhrewdeft piece , and written with the most spirit of any , which hath appeared [ b ] Mr. Steele was expelled the House of Commons for this pamph- let , at the very fame time that the House moved against the ...
... must be allowed to be the fhrewdeft piece , and written with the most spirit of any , which hath appeared [ b ] Mr. Steele was expelled the House of Commons for this pamph- let , at the very fame time that the House moved against the ...
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... must yield to the Flying- poft in knowledge of the world and fkill in poli- ticks , and to Mr. Dunton in keenness of satire and variety of reading , hath yet other qualities enough to denominate him a writer of a fuperior clafs to ...
... must yield to the Flying- poft in knowledge of the world and fkill in poli- ticks , and to Mr. Dunton in keenness of satire and variety of reading , hath yet other qualities enough to denominate him a writer of a fuperior clafs to ...
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... must needs confess , the whole defign of his pamphlet is to inflame the people with apprehenfions of danger from the present miniftry , whom we believe to be at least as innocent men as the last . What fhall I say to a pamphlet , where ...
... must needs confess , the whole defign of his pamphlet is to inflame the people with apprehenfions of danger from the present miniftry , whom we believe to be at least as innocent men as the last . What fhall I say to a pamphlet , where ...
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... must understand the Bank and Eaft - India com- pany , and thofe other merchants or citizens within the bills of mortality , who have been ftrenuous against the church and crown , and whofe fpirit of faction hath lately got the better of ...
... must understand the Bank and Eaft - India com- pany , and thofe other merchants or citizens within the bills of mortality , who have been ftrenuous against the church and crown , and whofe fpirit of faction hath lately got the better of ...
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... no government at all ; their unruliness quelled , and their paffions cool- ed by a particular man , whofe great qualities they ment . [ i ] See the Tepi Báðus . C 4 had had known before . Such an affembly must have rifen OF THE WHIG S. 23.
... no government at all ; their unruliness quelled , and their paffions cool- ed by a particular man , whofe great qualities they ment . [ i ] See the Tepi Báðus . C 4 had had known before . Such an affembly must have rifen OF THE WHIG S. 23.
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