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Page xxxii
I do not much like the prefent pofture of things . I " always apprehended that any falling out would ruin them , and " fo I have told them feveral times . The Whigs are mighty full " of hopes at prefent ; and whatever is the matter ...
I do not much like the prefent pofture of things . I " always apprehended that any falling out would ruin them , and " fo I have told them feveral times . The Whigs are mighty full " of hopes at prefent ; and whatever is the matter ...
Page xxxiv
... and , in fhort , faid every thing he could " with ; told him he must bring Mr St John and him acquainted ; " and spoke fo many things of perfonal kindness and esteem , that he [ Swift ] was inclined to believe what some friends had ...
... and , in fhort , faid every thing he could " with ; told him he must bring Mr St John and him acquainted ; " and spoke fo many things of perfonal kindness and esteem , that he [ Swift ] was inclined to believe what some friends had ...
Page xxxvii
... of whom Swift fays , They are about a hundred parliament men of the country , who drink October beer at home , and " meet every evening at a tavern near the parlia- " ment - houfe , to drive things on to extremes against " the Whigs ...
... of whom Swift fays , They are about a hundred parliament men of the country , who drink October beer at home , and " meet every evening at a tavern near the parlia- " ment - houfe , to drive things on to extremes against " the Whigs ...
Page xxxviii
I could talk till to - morrow upon these things ; but they make me melancholy . I could not but ob- ferve , that lately after much converfation with Mr Harley , tho he is the most fearless man alive , and the leaft apt to defpond ...
I could talk till to - morrow upon these things ; but they make me melancholy . I could not but ob- ferve , that lately after much converfation with Mr Harley , tho he is the most fearless man alive , and the leaft apt to defpond ...
Page xli
Few of this generation can remember any " thing but war and taxes , and they think it is as it fhould be ; " whereas it is certain , we are the moft undone people in Europe , as I am afraid I fhall make appear beyond all contradiction .
Few of this generation can remember any " thing but war and taxes , and they think it is as it fhould be ; " whereas it is certain , we are the moft undone people in Europe , as I am afraid I fhall make appear beyond all contradiction .
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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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