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Page xxi
... state of servility and contempt . Orrery , let . 3 . Here was another disappointment , and a fresh object of indig . nation . The treatment was thought injurious , and Swift expreffed his fenfibility of it in a short , but fatirical ...
... state of servility and contempt . Orrery , let . 3 . Here was another disappointment , and a fresh object of indig . nation . The treatment was thought injurious , and Swift expreffed his fenfibility of it in a short , but fatirical ...
Page xxxiv
... State , Mr St John . Mr Harley came in to us before dinner , and made me his excufes for not dining with us , because he was to " receive people who came to propofe the advancing money to the government.The Secretary used me with all ...
... State , Mr St John . Mr Harley came in to us before dinner , and made me his excufes for not dining with us , because he was to " receive people who came to propofe the advancing money to the government.The Secretary used me with all ...
Page xxxv
... state , of all parties , than ufually happens to men of my level ; and I confefs , in their ca- " pacity as minifters , I look upon them as a race of people whole acquaintance no man would court , otherwife than on the fcore " of vanity ...
... state , of all parties , than ufually happens to men of my level ; and I confefs , in their ca- " pacity as minifters , I look upon them as a race of people whole acquaintance no man would court , otherwife than on the fcore " of vanity ...
Page xxxviii
... state - fecret . The Queen , fenfible how much fhe was governed by the late miniftry , runs a little into the other extreme , and is jealous in that point e- ven of those who got her out of the other's hands . The miniftry is for ...
... state - fecret . The Queen , fenfible how much fhe was governed by the late miniftry , runs a little into the other extreme , and is jealous in that point e- ven of those who got her out of the other's hands . The miniftry is for ...
Page xliii
... state . I could defcend into very minute particulars , were I to relate what I have heard him fay upon this occafion . But we are at prefent too near that era , and have had too many unexpected confequences from it , either to judge ...
... state . I could defcend into very minute particulars , were I to relate what I have heard him fay upon this occafion . But we are at prefent too near that era , and have had too many unexpected confequences from it , either to judge ...
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