The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Volume 2A. Donaldson, 1766 |
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Page 13
... continue long in equal divifion between the two remaining parties , but , till the balance is fixed a- new , will run entirely into one . This gives the trueft account of what is understood in the most ancient and approved Greek authors ...
... continue long in equal divifion between the two remaining parties , but , till the balance is fixed a- new , will run entirely into one . This gives the trueft account of what is understood in the most ancient and approved Greek authors ...
Page 17
... continue , and the balance be held : but large intervals of time must pass between every fuch in- novation , enough to melt down and make it of a piece with the conftitution . Such , we are told , were the pro- ceedings of Solon , when ...
... continue , and the balance be held : but large intervals of time must pass between every fuch in- novation , enough to melt down and make it of a piece with the conftitution . Such , we are told , were the pro- ceedings of Solon , when ...
Page 27
... continue from the time of Romulus , though with fomne interruptions , to Julius Cæfar , when it ended in the tyranny of a fingle perfon . During which period ( not many years longer than from the Nor- man conqueft to our age ) the ...
... continue from the time of Romulus , though with fomne interruptions , to Julius Cæfar , when it ended in the tyranny of a fingle perfon . During which period ( not many years longer than from the Nor- man conqueft to our age ) the ...
Page 52
... continue to think they have not enough , but by cramping the hand that holds the balance , and by impeachments or diffenfions with the nobles , endeavour ftill for more ; I cannot poffibly fee , in the common courfe of things , how the ...
... continue to think they have not enough , but by cramping the hand that holds the balance , and by impeachments or diffenfions with the nobles , endeavour ftill for more ; I cannot poffibly fee , in the common courfe of things , how the ...
Page 79
... continues to feel ) , that the avarice and am- bition of a few factious infolent fubjects had almost de- ftroyed their country , by continuing a ruinous war in conjunction with allies , for whofe fakes principally we fought , who ...
... continues to feel ) , that the avarice and am- bition of a few factious infolent fubjects had almost de- ftroyed their country , by continuing a ruinous war in conjunction with allies , for whofe fakes principally we fought , who ...
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