The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift: Historical and political tracts-EnglishG. Bell, 1901 |
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... live ; such as the various events and revolutions of war , the intrigues of a ruined faction , or the violence of a pre- vailing one : And lastly , the arbitrary unlawful acts of oppressing governors . In the war , Ireland has no share ...
... live ; such as the various events and revolutions of war , the intrigues of a ruined faction , or the violence of a pre- vailing one : And lastly , the arbitrary unlawful acts of oppressing governors . In the war , Ireland has no share ...
Page 20
... lives of Captain Chambre Brabazon , now Earl of Meath , and George Fitzgerald , elder brother to the present Earl of Kildare , which the said Robert Fitzgerald enjoyed , with a salary of three hundred pounds per annum ; and after his ...
... lives of Captain Chambre Brabazon , now Earl of Meath , and George Fitzgerald , elder brother to the present Earl of Kildare , which the said Robert Fitzgerald enjoyed , with a salary of three hundred pounds per annum ; and after his ...
Page 43
... live in , under the return of the late administration . " " Tis very well ( saith he ) that people's heads are to stand on their shoulders , as long as the laws will let them ; if it depended upon any thing besides , it may be your ...
... live in , under the return of the late administration . " " Tis very well ( saith he ) that people's heads are to stand on their shoulders , as long as the laws will let them ; if it depended upon any thing besides , it may be your ...
Page 50
... lives in the service of the monarchy and the church ? His other quarrel is at our " flattering my lord - treasurer , and other great persons in power . " To which I shall only say ; for every line written in praise of the present ...
... lives in the service of the monarchy and the church ? His other quarrel is at our " flattering my lord - treasurer , and other great persons in power . " To which I shall only say ; for every line written in praise of the present ...
Page 66
... lives to see some of its fatal consequences , whereof his grandchildren will not see an end . And this pernicious counsel closed very well with the posture of affairs at that time : For , a set of upstarts , who had little or no part in ...
... lives to see some of its fatal consequences , whereof his grandchildren will not see an end . And this pernicious counsel closed very well with the posture of affairs at that time : For , a set of upstarts , who had little or no part in ...
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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?