The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift: Historical and political tracts-EnglishG. Bell, 1901 |
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Page ix
... Consequences hoped and feared from the Death of the Queen , " amply bear out this claim . They are all marked by a statesmanlike grasp of affairs , and though these found him a nearly interested party , yet the fact did not blur his ...
... Consequences hoped and feared from the Death of the Queen , " amply bear out this claim . They are all marked by a statesmanlike grasp of affairs , and though these found him a nearly interested party , yet the fact did not blur his ...
Page xiii
... THE YEAR 1710 . SOME FREE THOUGHTS UPON THE PRESENT STATE OF AFFAIRS · 359 391 SOME CONSIDERATIONS UPON THE CONSEQUENCES HOPED AND FEARED FROM THE DEATH OF THE QUEEN 417 AN ENQUIRY INTO THE BEHAVIOUR OF THE QUEEN'S LAST MINISTRY.
... THE YEAR 1710 . SOME FREE THOUGHTS UPON THE PRESENT STATE OF AFFAIRS · 359 391 SOME CONSIDERATIONS UPON THE CONSEQUENCES HOPED AND FEARED FROM THE DEATH OF THE QUEEN 417 AN ENQUIRY INTO THE BEHAVIOUR OF THE QUEEN'S LAST MINISTRY.
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... consequence , because it is in his character , and what every body expects . He seems to be but an ill dissembler and an ill liar , though they are the two talents he most practices , and most values himself upon . The ends he has ...
... consequence , because it is in his character , and what every body expects . He seems to be but an ill dissembler and an ill liar , though they are the two talents he most practices , and most values himself upon . The ends he has ...
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... consequence , will choose to venture their necks by climbing up a wall or window at midnight to a common wench , where they might as freely have gone at the door and at noonday ; so his excellency , either to keep himself in practice ...
... consequence , will choose to venture their necks by climbing up a wall or window at midnight to a common wench , where they might as freely have gone at the door and at noonday ; so his excellency , either to keep himself in practice ...
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... consequence could have any share in them . The whole affair had been examined in the cabinet , two months before , and there found and reported as only affect- ing the person of Gregg , who to supply his vices and his wants was tempted ...
... consequence could have any share in them . The whole affair had been examined in the cabinet , two months before , and there found and reported as only affect- ing the person of Gregg , who to supply his vices and his wants was tempted ...
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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?