The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Volume 2A. Donaldson, 1766 |
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... whose works are fo foon forgotten , that we are in dan- ger already of appearing the first aggreffors . It is to be lamented , that Virgil let pafs a line , which told pofteri- ty he had two enemies , called Bavius and Mævius . The ...
... whose works are fo foon forgotten , that we are in dan- ger already of appearing the first aggreffors . It is to be lamented , that Virgil let pafs a line , which told pofteri- ty he had two enemies , called Bavius and Mævius . The ...
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... whose number , with former additions , was now amounted to three hundred . The people having once difcovered their own ftrength , did foon take occafion to exert it , and that by very great degrees . For at this King's death , who was ...
... whose number , with former additions , was now amounted to three hundred . The people having once difcovered their own ftrength , did foon take occafion to exert it , and that by very great degrees . For at this King's death , who was ...
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... whose business it shall be to defend the commons from injuries . Thefe are called tribunes of the people , their perfons are held facred and inviolable , and the people bind themselves by oath never to abrogate the office . By thefe ...
... whose business it shall be to defend the commons from injuries . Thefe are called tribunes of the people , their perfons are held facred and inviolable , and the people bind themselves by oath never to abrogate the office . By thefe ...
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... whose personal influence , from whatever cause , was thought to render them dangerous to the ftate ; the votes were given by writing the name of the perfon on a fhell by the Greeks , called ospanov , and casting the fhell into an urn ...
... whose personal influence , from whatever cause , was thought to render them dangerous to the ftate ; the votes were given by writing the name of the perfon on a fhell by the Greeks , called ospanov , and casting the fhell into an urn ...
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... whose spirit of faction hath lately got the better of their interest . For let him fearch all the rest of the kingdom , he will find the fur- rounded clergy , and the furrounding gentry wholly ftrangers to the merits of those prelates ...
... whose spirit of faction hath lately got the better of their interest . For let him fearch all the rest of the kingdom , he will find the fur- rounded clergy , and the furrounding gentry wholly ftrangers to the merits of those prelates ...
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