The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift: Historical and political tracts-EnglishG. Bell, 1901 |
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... MINISTRY IN 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 IN 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 ...
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... ministry , I have observed many of that party take up a new style , and tell us , That " this way of personal re- flection ought not to be endured ; they could not approve of it ; ' twas against charity and good manners . " When the ...
... ministry , I have observed many of that party take up a new style , and tell us , That " this way of personal re- flection ought not to be endured ; they could not approve of it ; ' twas against charity and good manners . " When the ...
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... minister ; " then he asks , " Whether it would have been sub- ornation , or seeking the life and blood of that officer ... Ministry . ' See also Mrs. Manley's " True Narrative of what passed at the Examination of the Marquis de Guiscard ...
... minister ; " then he asks , " Whether it would have been sub- ornation , or seeking the life and blood of that officer ... Ministry . ' See also Mrs. Manley's " True Narrative of what passed at the Examination of the Marquis de Guiscard ...
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... ministry were in power , they would act just as the present ministry would , if there were no law , which perhaps may be true : But I know not any ministry upon earth , that I durst confide in without law ; and if at their coming in ...
... ministry were in power , they would act just as the present ministry would , if there were no law , which perhaps may be true : But I know not any ministry upon earth , that I durst confide in without law ; and if at their coming in ...
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... ministry from the present , That the former sacrificing all regards to the increase of their wealth and power , found those were no otherwise to be preserved , but by continuance of the war ; whereas the interest , as well as ...
... ministry from the present , That the former sacrificing all regards to the increase of their wealth and power , found those were no otherwise to be preserved , but by continuance of the war ; whereas the interest , as well as ...
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