The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift: Historical and political tracts-EnglishG. Bell, 1901 |
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Page vii
... true these writings are the expression of a party point of view and are often marred by a strong private and per- sonal bias . As might be expected they evince much of the weakness which is inevitable to all purely special pleadings ...
... true these writings are the expression of a party point of view and are often marred by a strong private and per- sonal bias . As might be expected they evince much of the weakness which is inevitable to all purely special pleadings ...
Page viii
... true , but his name had become a synonym for power . In those four years he had advanced from a seeker of favours into a dis- penser of them . By his sheer personal genius of character he had obtained an influence of a kind which no ...
... true , but his name had become a synonym for power . In those four years he had advanced from a seeker of favours into a dis- penser of them . By his sheer personal genius of character he had obtained an influence of a kind which no ...
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... True Account of the Late Revolution in Dublin ” ( 1690 ) . [ T. S. ] 2 The Hon . Chambre Brabazon ( 1645 ? -1715 ) was the youngest son of the second Earl of Meath . He succeeded his brother as fifth earl in 1707. He sat for Dublin in ...
... True Account of the Late Revolution in Dublin ” ( 1690 ) . [ T. S. ] 2 The Hon . Chambre Brabazon ( 1645 ? -1715 ) was the youngest son of the second Earl of Meath . He succeeded his brother as fifth earl in 1707. He sat for Dublin in ...
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... true spirit of contempt , because they are such as the meanest writer whenever he pleases , may use , towards the best . I remember indeed a parish fool , who , with a In the " Letter " the writer of the " Examiner " was styled " an ...
... true spirit of contempt , because they are such as the meanest writer whenever he pleases , may use , towards the best . I remember indeed a parish fool , who , with a In the " Letter " the writer of the " Examiner " was styled " an ...
Page 41
... True Narrative of what passed at the Examination of the Marquis de Guiscard , " 1711 , reprinted by Scott in his edition of Swift's works , vol . v . , 1824 ( pp . 335-358 ) . In his letter to Stella , under date April 16th , 1711 ...
... True Narrative of what passed at the Examination of the Marquis de Guiscard , " 1711 , reprinted by Scott in his edition of Swift's works , vol . v . , 1824 ( pp . 335-358 ) . In his letter to Stella , under date April 16th , 1711 ...
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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?