The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Volume 2A. Donaldson, 1766 |
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... subject ) had like to have been fo fatal to their state . And from this time the tribunes began a custom of accufing to the people whatever nobles they pleased , several of whom were ba- nished or put to death in every age . At this ...
... subject ) had like to have been fo fatal to their state . And from this time the tribunes began a custom of accufing to the people whatever nobles they pleased , several of whom were ba- nished or put to death in every age . At this ...
Page 43
... subject- ed , and from which a body of commons , either collective or reprefented , can be wholly exempt . For , befides that they are composed of men , with all their infirmities . about them , they have alfo the ill fortune to be ...
... subject- ed , and from which a body of commons , either collective or reprefented , can be wholly exempt . For , befides that they are composed of men , with all their infirmities . about them , they have alfo the ill fortune to be ...
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... being represented in England , he was removed from the council to justify him against this complaint , was the subject : of Steele's letter . Hawkef : young ⚫ young gentlemen at the univerfity ? it is , 60 THE PUBLIC SPIRIT.
... being represented in England , he was removed from the council to justify him against this complaint , was the subject : of Steele's letter . Hawkef : young ⚫ young gentlemen at the univerfity ? it is , 60 THE PUBLIC SPIRIT.
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... subject of hereditary right , by a strain of the fummum jus he is now , as I am told , with half a score children , starving and rot ting among thieves and pick - pockets in the common room of a stinking jail . I have never feen either ...
... subject of hereditary right , by a strain of the fummum jus he is now , as I am told , with half a score children , starving and rot ting among thieves and pick - pockets in the common room of a stinking jail . I have never feen either ...
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... subject to the Portuguese generals . In the offenfive alliance we took no care of having the affiftance of Portugal , whenever we should be invaded ; but in this it seems we are wifer ; for that King is obliged to make war on France or ...
... subject to the Portuguese generals . In the offenfive alliance we took no care of having the affiftance of Portugal , whenever we should be invaded ; but in this it seems we are wifer ; for that King is obliged to make war on France or ...
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