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From the conversation of Sir William , who was minutely acquainted with all the intricacies of party , and the secrets of state , during the reigns of K. Charles II . and K. James II . Swift greatly increased his political knowledge .
From the conversation of Sir William , who was minutely acquainted with all the intricacies of party , and the secrets of state , during the reigns of K. Charles II . and K. James II . Swift greatly increased his political knowledge .
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... and purely done by my personal credit with Mr Harley , " who is so exceflively obliging , that I know not what to make of it , unless to shew the rascals of the other party , that they used a man unworthily who had deserved better .
... and purely done by my personal credit with Mr Harley , " who is so exceflively obliging , that I know not what to make of it , unless to shew the rascals of the other party , that they used a man unworthily who had deserved better .
Page xxxv
1921 , he has this expreslion : " I have conversed in “ some freedom with more ministers of state , of all parties , than ** usually happens to men of my level ; and I confess , in their ca“ pacity as ministers , I look upon them as a ...
1921 , he has this expreslion : " I have conversed in “ some freedom with more ministers of state , of all parties , than ** usually happens to men of my level ; and I confess , in their ca“ pacity as ministers , I look upon them as a ...
Page xxxviii
But , if Swift thought this party too precipitant , it is certain he thought Lord Oxford too now ; and he once told him so in a manner tr.at thews both his integrity , and the freedom of his conversation with those who have a ...
But , if Swift thought this party too precipitant , it is certain he thought Lord Oxford too now ; and he once told him so in a manner tr.at thews both his integrity , and the freedom of his conversation with those who have a ...
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1 When he returned , he found their quarrels and coldness increased ; and having predicted their ruin from this very cause , he laboured to bring about a reconciliation , as that upon which the whole intereft of their party depended .
1 When he returned , he found their quarrels and coldness increased ; and having predicted their ruin from this very cause , he laboured to bring about a reconciliation , as that upon which the whole intereft of their party depended .
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| Title | The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift .. Volume 1 of The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift, Jonathan Swift |
| Author | Jonathan Swift |
| Publisher | G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 4 May 2017 |
| Length | 2984 pages |
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