The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift: Historical and political tracts-EnglishG. Bell, 1901 |
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Page ix
... 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 vision . They show also the uncommon ...
... 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 vision . They show also the uncommon ...
Page xiii
... 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.
... 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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... death , his son George enjoyed it , till my Lord Galway ' did , by threats , The Hon . Robert FitzGerald ( 1639 ? -1697 ) was the youngest son of the sixteenth Earl of Kildare , father of the nineteenth earl , and grand- father of the ...
... death , his son George enjoyed it , till my Lord Galway ' did , by threats , The Hon . Robert FitzGerald ( 1639 ? -1697 ) was the youngest son of the sixteenth Earl of Kildare , father of the nineteenth earl , and grand- father of the ...
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... death for high treason , " pretty plainly stated the charge against the seven lords . He printed also a copy of Gregg's dying statement , " and a letter from the Rev. Mr. Paul Lorraine , the ordinary of Newgate , stating the ...
... death for high treason , " pretty plainly stated the charge against the seven lords . He printed also a copy of Gregg's dying statement , " and a letter from the Rev. Mr. Paul Lorraine , the ordinary of Newgate , stating the ...
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... death to the sec- retary's watchful pursuit of him , and would therefore probably incline to hearken to any offers that would save his life , gratify his revenge , and make him easy in his fortune : So that if a work of darkness were to ...
... death to the sec- retary's watchful pursuit of him , and would therefore probably incline to hearken to any offers that would save his life , gratify his revenge , and make him easy in his fortune : So that if a work of darkness were to ...
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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?