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Page xxix
... profperity of these kingdoms were the conftant aim of his polities , and the immediate fubject of his thoughts and writings . O let - 4- however write any political pamphlet from the year 1701 * THE LIFE OF DR SWIFT . xxix.
... profperity of these kingdoms were the conftant aim of his polities , and the immediate fubject of his thoughts and writings . O let - 4- however write any political pamphlet from the year 1701 * THE LIFE OF DR SWIFT . xxix.
Page xlvii
... fubject's favour was " worth it . I told him , that I defigned to let my Lord Keeper and Mr Harley know the fame thing , " that they may ufe me accordingly . " THE Secretary received the reproof like a friend , as it was given , and ...
... fubject's favour was " worth it . I told him , that I defigned to let my Lord Keeper and Mr Harley know the fame thing , " that they may ufe me accordingly . " THE Secretary received the reproof like a friend , as it was given , and ...
Page xlix
... fubject of raillery towards him among the minifters , that he never came to them without a Whig in his fleeve . And though he does not appear to · have afked any thing for himfelf , yet he have THE LIFE OF DRO SWIFT . xlix.
... fubject of raillery towards him among the minifters , that he never came to them without a Whig in his fleeve . And though he does not appear to · have afked any thing for himfelf , yet he have THE LIFE OF DRO SWIFT . xlix.
Page lxxiii
... fubject of wedlock than he had done for the preceding fourteen years ; her fpirits might have become dejected , by her frequent revolving in her mind the oddness of her fituation . If we fuppofe this to have been the cafe , it is not un ...
... fubject of wedlock than he had done for the preceding fourteen years ; her fpirits might have become dejected , by her frequent revolving in her mind the oddness of her fituation . If we fuppofe this to have been the cafe , it is not un ...
Page xc
... fubject in the decline of life . The defire of accumulating wealth almost always increases in proportion as it becomes more abfurd ; and thofe are most tenacious of money to whom money can be of leaft ufe . It has been generally faid ...
... fubject in the decline of life . The defire of accumulating wealth almost always increases in proportion as it becomes more abfurd ; and thofe are most tenacious of money to whom money can be of leaft ufe . It has been generally faid ...
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