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HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL TRACTS -IRISH . VOL . ... He reproduces the
original title pages , and prefixes an accurate and sufficient account of the origin ,
the principal changes in the chief editions , and the political bearing of each work
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HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL TRACTS -IRISH . VOL . ... He reproduces the
original title pages , and prefixes an accurate and sufficient account of the origin ,
the principal changes in the chief editions , and the political bearing of each work
.
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Jonathan Swift Temple Scott, Frederick Ryland, George Ravenscroft Dennis. OF
JONATHAN SWIFT , D.D. EDITED BY TEMPLE SCOTT VOL . V HISTORICAL
AND POLITICAL TRACTSENGLISH LONDON GEORGE BELL AND SONS 1 For
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Jonathan Swift Temple Scott, Frederick Ryland, George Ravenscroft Dennis. OF
JONATHAN SWIFT , D.D. EDITED BY TEMPLE SCOTT VOL . V HISTORICAL
AND POLITICAL TRACTSENGLISH LONDON GEORGE BELL AND SONS 1 For
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PREFACE WIFT'S writings for the Harley Administration form a body of political
literature as distinguished for its versatility as it is characteristic of the man and
his times . It is true these writings are the expression of a party point of view and
are ...
PREFACE WIFT'S writings for the Harley Administration form a body of political
literature as distinguished for its versatility as it is characteristic of the man and
his times . It is true these writings are the expression of a party point of view and
are ...
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As a political adviser Swift had that sanity which is the outcome of an
impassioned insight into character reacting on an intellect that reasoned rightly
by instinct . The " Memoirs relating to the change in the Queen's Ministry , ” the “
Free ...
As a political adviser Swift had that sanity which is the outcome of an
impassioned insight into character reacting on an intellect that reasoned rightly
by instinct . The " Memoirs relating to the change in the Queen's Ministry , ” the “
Free ...
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As a political friend he was staunch to the last degree . Harley and Bolingbroke
he served faithfully and , we believe , disinterestedly - certainly as much for the
love he bore them as for any hope of personal gain or advancement . When ,
finally ...
As a political friend he was staunch to the last degree . Harley and Bolingbroke
he served faithfully and , we believe , disinterestedly - certainly as much for the
love he bore them as for any hope of personal gain or advancement . When ,
finally ...
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| Title | The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift: Historical and political tracts-English Bohn's standard library Volume 5 of The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Jonathan Swift |
| Author | Jonathan Swift |
| Editors | Temple Scott, Frederick Ryland, George Ravenscroft Dennis |
| Contributor | William Edward Hartpole Lecky |
| Publisher | G. Bell, 1901 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 15 Nov 2006 |
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