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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... place the minds of the people under their direc- tion ; the first circumftance is their education ; the fecond circumftance is the tenths of our lands . This laft , according to the Latin phrafe , is fpoken ad invidiam ; for he knows ...
... place the minds of the people under their direc- tion ; the first circumftance is their education ; the fecond circumftance is the tenths of our lands . This laft , according to the Latin phrafe , is fpoken ad invidiam ; for he knows ...
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... place them in fuch a light , that they ob- fcure one another . Suppofing , therefore , that I have scraped off his good manners in order to come at his meaning , which lies under ; he tells the clergy , that the favour of the QUEEN and ...
... place them in fuch a light , that they ob- fcure one another . Suppofing , therefore , that I have scraped off his good manners in order to come at his meaning , which lies under ; he tells the clergy , that the favour of the QUEEN and ...
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... place of attorney general , which he afterwards accepted again ; upon the change of the miniftry , he was made lord keeper , and in 1711 created a baron . He He calls his lordship a very great man , and OF THE WHIG S. 25.
... place of attorney general , which he afterwards accepted again ; upon the change of the miniftry , he was made lord keeper , and in 1711 created a baron . He He calls his lordship a very great man , and OF THE WHIG S. 25.
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... places himself in company with general Stanhope and Mr. Hoadley ; and , in fhort , takes the most effectual method in his power of ruining his lordship in the opinion of every man , who is wife or good . I can only tell my lord Har ...
... places himself in company with general Stanhope and Mr. Hoadley ; and , in fhort , takes the most effectual method in his power of ruining his lordship in the opinion of every man , who is wife or good . I can only tell my lord Har ...
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... place ; for the ftrefs might better have been laid upon fo great a majority of the nation ; without which , I doubt , the laws would be of little weight , al- though they be very good additional fecurities . And if what he here afferts ...
... place ; for the ftrefs might better have been laid upon fo great a majority of the nation ; without which , I doubt , the laws would be of little weight , al- though they be very good additional fecurities . And if what he here afferts ...
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