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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... reason- able to reafon . This is what he calls giving an idea of the original of power , and the nature of civil infti tutions . To which I anfwer , with great phlegm , that I defy any man alive to fhew me , in double the number of ...
... reason- able to reafon . This is what he calls giving an idea of the original of power , and the nature of civil infti tutions . To which I anfwer , with great phlegm , that I defy any man alive to fhew me , in double the number of ...
Page 33
... reason I have juft affigned , and which the au- thor of The Crifis hath likewise taken notice of . But when he tells us , the Englishmen ought , in generofity , to be more particularly careful in preferving this Union , he argues like ...
... reason I have juft affigned , and which the au- thor of The Crifis hath likewise taken notice of . But when he tells us , the Englishmen ought , in generofity , to be more particularly careful in preferving this Union , he argues like ...
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... reasons best known to themselves . I wish they had been more clear in their directions to him upon that weighty point , whether the fettlement of the fuc- ceffion in the houfe of Hanover be alterable or no . I have obferved where , in ...
... reasons best known to themselves . I wish they had been more clear in their directions to him upon that weighty point , whether the fettlement of the fuc- ceffion in the houfe of Hanover be alterable or no . I have obferved where , in ...
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... reason of their obstinacy against peace , that they hope for a fudden revolu- tion in England . In the mean time , this appearance of the emperor's being forfaken by his ally will ferve to increase the clamour , both here and in Holland ...
... reason of their obstinacy against peace , that they hope for a fudden revolu- tion in England . In the mean time , this appearance of the emperor's being forfaken by his ally will ferve to increase the clamour , both here and in Holland ...
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... reason , than to accuse him of praifing himself ; but , be- fides , the incorrectness of the ftyle , which his lordship supposes to be affected , there is an affer- tion that these papers produced the change in the queen's miniftry ...
... reason , than to accuse him of praifing himself ; but , be- fides , the incorrectness of the ftyle , which his lordship supposes to be affected , there is an affer- tion that these papers produced the change in the queen's miniftry ...
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