The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift: Historical and political tracts-EnglishG. Bell, 1901 |
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Page 14
... France , where he spent the rest of his life . With Bolingbroke he be- came attached to the Pretender's Court , and failed in an attempt to carry the arms of his adopted king into England . He seems to have been a man of small abilities ...
... France , where he spent the rest of his life . With Bolingbroke he be- came attached to the Pretender's Court , and failed in an attempt to carry the arms of his adopted king into England . He seems to have been a man of small abilities ...
Page 37
... France , and ap- prehended by his master's order , before he could have oppor- tunity to make his escape , by the private warning of a certain person , a professed enemy to the secretary . The criminal is condemned to die . " Tis found ...
... France , and ap- prehended by his master's order , before he could have oppor- tunity to make his escape , by the private warning of a certain person , a professed enemy to the secretary . The criminal is condemned to die . " Tis found ...
Page 40
... France : The suspicion being in itself unreasonable , and without the least probable grounds , wise men began to consider what violent enemies that gentleman had ; they found the report most industriously spread , the Whigs in common ...
... France : The suspicion being in itself unreasonable , and without the least probable grounds , wise men began to consider what violent enemies that gentleman had ; they found the report most industriously spread , the Whigs in common ...
Page 53
... France and all his counsellors , with the Pretender and all his favourers and abettors . These I except against : I know they will readily judge the late ministry to be faithful , able and diligent in serving their prince and country ...
... France and all his counsellors , with the Pretender and all his favourers and abettors . These I except against : I know they will readily judge the late ministry to be faithful , able and diligent in serving their prince and country ...
Page 58
... France , and the present friends of France . " It will be referred to later in this volume . [ T. S. ] THE CONDUCT OF THE ALLIE S , AND OF THE 58 PAGE I.
... France , and the present friends of France . " It will be referred to later in this volume . [ T. S. ] THE CONDUCT OF THE ALLIE S , AND OF THE 58 PAGE I.
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Page 182 - Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?