The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Volume 2A. Donaldson, 1766 |
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... taken to in- terfperfe thefe additions in fuch a manner , that fcarce any book of confequence can be bought , without pur- chafing fomething unworthy of the author along with it . may But in our own country it is ftill worfe : thofe ...
... taken to in- terfperfe thefe additions in fuch a manner , that fcarce any book of confequence can be bought , without pur- chafing fomething unworthy of the author along with it . may But in our own country it is ftill worfe : thofe ...
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... taken by the other two , upon every new question that arifes , they will be fure to decide in favour of themselves , talk much of inherent right ; they will nourish up a dormant power , and re- ferve privileges in petto , to exert upon ...
... taken by the other two , upon every new question that arifes , they will be fure to decide in favour of themselves , talk much of inherent right ; they will nourish up a dormant power , and re- ferve privileges in petto , to exert upon ...
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... taken to break or overthrow this balance , which every one of the three parties hath continually endeavoured , as opportunities have ferved ; as might appear from the ftories of most ages and countries : for abfolute power in a ...
... taken to break or overthrow this balance , which every one of the three parties hath continually endeavoured , as opportunities have ferved ; as might appear from the ftories of most ages and countries : for abfolute power in a ...
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... taken , and a miferable flaughter made of the army , whereof hard- ly one ever returned . Some time after this , Alcibiades was recalled upon his own conditions , by the neceflities of the people , and made chief commander at sea and ...
... taken , and a miferable flaughter made of the army , whereof hard- ly one ever returned . Some time after this , Alcibiades was recalled upon his own conditions , by the neceflities of the people , and made chief commander at sea and ...
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... taken in a fettled ftate , than a steady constant resolution in those to whom the reft of the balance is intrufted , never to give way fo far to popular clamours , as to make the leaft breach in the conftitution , through which a ...
... taken in a fettled ftate , than a steady constant resolution in those to whom the reft of the balance is intrufted , never to give way fo far to popular clamours , as to make the leaft breach in the conftitution , through which a ...
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