The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin ...C. Bathurst, C. Davis, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. Hodges, R. and J. Dodsley, and W. Bowyer., 1765 |
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... thousand instances , of the weakness of my memory . But , to fay the truth , the nearer knowledge any man has in the affairs at Court , the lefs he thinks them of confe- quence , or worth regarding . And those kind of paffages , which I ...
... thousand instances , of the weakness of my memory . But , to fay the truth , the nearer knowledge any man has in the affairs at Court , the lefs he thinks them of confe- quence , or worth regarding . And those kind of paffages , which I ...
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... thousand re- proaches upon the flowness and inactivity of my friends , upon their foolish quarrels with each other , for no vifible caufe , and thereby F 2 thereby facrificing the interests of the church and kingdom to of the Queen's ...
... thousand re- proaches upon the flowness and inactivity of my friends , upon their foolish quarrels with each other , for no vifible caufe , and thereby F 2 thereby facrificing the interests of the church and kingdom to of the Queen's ...
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... thousand pounds to make the matter easy to those officers who were to fucceed , which fum , his Grace told me , the Treasurer had given him encourage- ment to expect , although he pleaded present want of money : And , I cannot but say ...
... thousand pounds to make the matter easy to those officers who were to fucceed , which fum , his Grace told me , the Treasurer had given him encourage- ment to expect , although he pleaded present want of money : And , I cannot but say ...
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... thousand lives , and feveral millions of money . I have known as great an event from the ftupidity , or wilfulness of a beggarly † Dutchman , who * Mrs. Foiffon , neceffary - woman to the Queen , preferred to that employment by my Lady ...
... thousand lives , and feveral millions of money . I have known as great an event from the ftupidity , or wilfulness of a beggarly † Dutchman , who * Mrs. Foiffon , neceffary - woman to the Queen , preferred to that employment by my Lady ...
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... and landed intereft , from that uni- verfal change of men and measures , which he forefaw would arrive . And it muft be , VOL . XV . K to to all impartial men , above a thousand witneffes , of the Queen's laft Miniftry . 129.
... and landed intereft , from that uni- verfal change of men and measures , which he forefaw would arrive . And it muft be , VOL . XV . K to to all impartial men , above a thousand witneffes , of the Queen's laft Miniftry . 129.
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