The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, DublinC. Bathurst, J. Rivington, W. Strahan, B. Collins, J. Hinton, J. Dodsley, L. Davis and C. Reymers, R. Baldwin, and W. Bowyer, 1766 |
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... with the consequences they had upon both those states : " This was in behalf of King William and his ministers , against the violent proceedings of the House of Commons ; but from that year to 1708 , he did not write any political ...
... with the consequences they had upon both those states : " This was in behalf of King William and his ministers , against the violent proceedings of the House of Commons ; but from that year to 1708 , he did not write any political ...
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fome degree to direct their measures ; and fuch was his importance in the opinion of the oppofite party , that many speeches were made against him in both houses of parliament ; a reward was also offered , for discovering the author of ...
fome degree to direct their measures ; and fuch was his importance in the opinion of the oppofite party , that many speeches were made against him in both houses of parliament ; a reward was also offered , for discovering the author of ...
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He writ a proposal for the Irish manufactures , which made him very popular ; the more so , as it immediately raised a violent flame , so that a prosecution was commenced against the printer . In 1724 , he writ the Drapier's Letters ...
He writ a proposal for the Irish manufactures , which made him very popular ; the more so , as it immediately raised a violent flame , so that a prosecution was commenced against the printer . In 1724 , he writ the Drapier's Letters ...
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... by reason of his known intimacy and connection with Stella above all other women , her character was greatly exposed to unfavourable suspicions , and therefore to be guarded with all possible care and tenderness against them .
... by reason of his known intimacy and connection with Stella above all other women , her character was greatly exposed to unfavourable suspicions , and therefore to be guarded with all possible care and tenderness against them .
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He was a faithful guardian of the rights of his deanry , and even determined to assert his right of absence : against the Archbilhop of Dublin , at the expence of several hundred pounds , when he did not believe.
He was a faithful guardian of the rights of his deanry , and even determined to assert his right of absence : against the Archbilhop of Dublin , at the expence of several hundred pounds , when he did not believe.
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