The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift: Historical and political tracts-EnglishG. Bell, 1901 |
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Page ix
... Secretary , Prior an ambassador , Wharton a governor , Boulter a Primate , while the man who could weigh and hold them all in the palm of his hand had to beg and be denied the paltry office of a historiographer . The explanation must ...
... Secretary , Prior an ambassador , Wharton a governor , Boulter a Primate , while the man who could weigh and hold them all in the palm of his hand had to beg and be denied the paltry office of a historiographer . The explanation must ...
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... Secretary . In his essay on Addison Macaulay thus refers to Wharton : " The Lord Lieutenant was not only licentious and corrupt , but was distinguished from other libertines and jobbers by a callous impudence which presented the ...
... Secretary . In his essay on Addison Macaulay thus refers to Wharton : " The Lord Lieutenant was not only licentious and corrupt , but was distinguished from other libertines and jobbers by a callous impudence which presented the ...
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... Secretary Boyle that Her Majesty designed to re- move him . The privy council in Ireland have a great share of the administration ; all things being carried by the consent of a majority , and they sign all orders and proclamations made ...
... Secretary Boyle that Her Majesty designed to re- move him . The privy council in Ireland have a great share of the administration ; all things being carried by the consent of a majority , and they sign all orders and proclamations made ...
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... Secretary of State . Harley also employed him to spy for him in Scot- land and other places . In this way he became possessed of information the importance of which tempted him , for the sake of gain , to open treasonable communication ...
... Secretary of State . Harley also employed him to spy for him in Scot- land and other places . In this way he became possessed of information the importance of which tempted him , for the sake of gain , to open treasonable communication ...
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... secretary . The criminal is condemned to die . " Tis found , upon his trial , that he was a poor profligate fellow ; the secretary at that time was under the mortal hatred of a violent prevailing party , who dreaded him for his great ...
... secretary . The criminal is condemned to die . " Tis found , upon his trial , that he was a poor profligate fellow ; the secretary at that time was under the mortal hatred of a violent prevailing party , who dreaded him for his great ...
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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?