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" It will no doubt be a mighty comfort to our grand-children, when they see a few rags hung up in Westminster Hall which cost a hundred millions, whereof they are paying the arrears, to boast as beggars do that their grandfathers were rich and great. "
The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Including ... - Page 136
by Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1766
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The Works of Jonathan Swift: Tracts, historical and political, during the ...

Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 438 pages
...our government, the corruption of our manners, and the opposition of factions, we shall be more slow in recovering. It will no doubt be a mighty comfort to our grandchildren, when they see a few rags hung up in Westminster-hall, which cost a hundred millions, whereof they are paying...
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Tracts, historical and political, during the reign of Queen Anne

Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 442 pages
...our government, the corruption of our manners, and the opposition of factions, we shall be more slow in recovering. It will no doubt be a mighty comfort to our grandchildren, when they see a few rags hung up in Westminster-hall, which cost a hundred millions, whereof they are paying...
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The North American Review, Volume 106

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1868 - 766 pages
...in the premises. A great debt was rolling up, and Swift might well VOL. cvi. — NO. 218. 6 say : " It will no doubt be a mighty comfort to our grandchildren, when they see a few rags hung up in Westminster Hall, which cost a hundred millions, whereof they are paying...
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The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D.: With Copious Notes and ..., Volume 4

Jonathan Swift, Thomas Roscoe - 1859 - 680 pages
...our government, the corruption of our manners, and the opposition of factions, we shall be more slow in recovering. It will no doubt be a mighty comfort to our grandehildren, when they see a few rags hung up in Westminster Hall which cost a hundred millions,...
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The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: With Copious Notes and Additions ..., Volume 4

Jonathan Swift - 1861 - 702 pages
...our government, the corruption of our manners, and the opposition of factions, we shall be more slow in recovering. It will no doubt be a mighty comfort to our grandehildren, when they see a few rags hungup in Westminster Hall which cost a hundred millions, whereof...
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The Works of Jonathan Swift: Containing Additional Letters, Tracts ..., Volume 4

Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1883 - 436 pages
...our government, the corruption of our manners, and the opposition of factions, we shall be more slow in recovering. It will no doubt be a mighty comfort to our grandchildren, when they see a few rags hung up in Westminster Hall, which cost a hundred millions, whereof they are paying...
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Selections from the Prose Writings of Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift, Stanley Lane-Poole - 1884 - 342 pages
...our government, the corruption of our manners, and the opposition of factions, we shall be more slow in recovering. It will no doubt be a mighty comfort to our grandchildren, when they see a few rags hung up in Westminster Hall, which cost a hundred millions, whereof they are paying...
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Selections from the prose writings of Jonathan Swift, with preface and notes ...

Jonathan Swift - 1884 - 334 pages
...our government, the corruption of our manners, and the opposition of factions, we shall be more slow in recovering. It will no doubt be a mighty comfort to our grandchildren, when they see a few rags hung up in Westminster Hall, which cost a hundred millions, whereof they are paying...
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The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Volume 5

Jonathan Swift - 1901 - 558 pages
...our government, the corruption of our manners, and the opposition of factions, we shall be more slow in recovering. It will, no doubt, be a mighty comfort to our grandchildren, when they see a few rags hang up in Westminster Hall, which cost an hundred millions, whereof they are paying...
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The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift: Historical and political tracts-English

Jonathan Swift - 1901 - 550 pages
...our government, the corruption of our manners, and the opposition of factions, we shall be more slow in recovering. It will, no doubt, be a mighty comfort to our grandchildren, when they see a few rags hang up in Westminster Hall, which cost an hundred millions, whereof they are paying...
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