The Life of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. PatrickśJ.F. and C. Rivington, and others, 1787 - 488 pages |
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... Whig fide levelled their fhafts ; there will be no occafion to wonder , that out of the many calumnies poured out against him , fome of them fhould ftick . These were indeed fo nume- rous , that we are told by himself , that in the ...
... Whig fide levelled their fhafts ; there will be no occafion to wonder , that out of the many calumnies poured out against him , fome of them fhould ftick . These were indeed fo nume- rous , that we are told by himself , that in the ...
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... Whigs pursued their antagonists , as foon as they had got all power into their hands . This spirit raged ftill more violently in Ireland , than in England ; the effects of which Swift fenfibly felt on retiring to his Deanery . The ill ...
... Whigs pursued their antagonists , as foon as they had got all power into their hands . This spirit raged ftill more violently in Ireland , than in England ; the effects of which Swift fenfibly felt on retiring to his Deanery . The ill ...
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... Whigs were then a great majority of the nation , and in poffeffion of all the power . Though their animofity against those of the oppo- fite party had fomewhat fubfided , yet was it far from being wholly extinguished . They had always ...
... Whigs were then a great majority of the nation , and in poffeffion of all the power . Though their animofity against those of the oppo- fite party had fomewhat fubfided , yet was it far from being wholly extinguished . They had always ...
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... Whigs merely because he thought the Tories were carrying matters too far , and by the violence of their proceedings were likely to overturn that happy balance in our state , so lately fettled by the glorious Revolu- tion ; to which ...
... Whigs merely because he thought the Tories were carrying matters too far , and by the violence of their proceedings were likely to overturn that happy balance in our state , so lately fettled by the glorious Revolu- tion ; to which ...
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... Whigs had managed matters fo well , as to get entirely into the Queen's confidence , and to have the whole admi- niftration of affairs in their hands . Swift's friends were now in power , and the Whigs in general , knowing him to be the ...
... Whigs had managed matters fo well , as to get entirely into the Queen's confidence , and to have the whole admi- niftration of affairs in their hands . Swift's friends were now in power , and the Whigs in general , knowing him to be the ...
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