THE WORKS OF THE Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volume 3C. BATHURST, in Fleetstreet, 1760 |
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... prince Solan was faid to be descended ; who , finding the people engaged in two violent factions of the poor and the rich , and in great confusion thereupon ; refusing the monarchy , which was offered him , chofe rather to caft the ...
... prince Solan was faid to be descended ; who , finding the people engaged in two violent factions of the poor and the rich , and in great confusion thereupon ; refusing the monarchy , which was offered him , chofe rather to caft the ...
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... they thought to give the matter , was by an impeachment and facrifice of the author , to hinder the fuccefs . For , after the deftruction of Thebes by by Alexander , this prince defigning the conqueft of 4- IN ATHENS AND ROME . 27.
... they thought to give the matter , was by an impeachment and facrifice of the author , to hinder the fuccefs . For , after the deftruction of Thebes by by Alexander , this prince defigning the conqueft of 4- IN ATHENS AND ROME . 27.
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Jonathan Swift. by Alexander , this prince defigning the conqueft of 4- thens was prevented by † Phocion the Athenian general , then ambaffador from that state ; who by his great wif- dom and skill at negotiations diverted Alexander from ...
Jonathan Swift. by Alexander , this prince defigning the conqueft of 4- thens was prevented by † Phocion the Athenian general , then ambaffador from that state ; who by his great wif- dom and skill at negotiations diverted Alexander from ...
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... prince in gratitude to the people , by whofe confent he was chofen , elected a hundred fenators out of the com- mons , whofe number , with former additions , was now amounted to three hundred . The people having once discovered their ...
... prince in gratitude to the people , by whofe confent he was chofen , elected a hundred fenators out of the com- mons , whofe number , with former additions , was now amounted to three hundred . The people having once discovered their ...
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... prince by plain force , and chofe Tarquin the Proud , who running into all the forms and methods of tyranny , after a cruel reign , was expelled by an univerfal concurrence of nobles and people , whom the miferies of his reign had ...
... prince by plain force , and chofe Tarquin the Proud , who running into all the forms and methods of tyranny , after a cruel reign , was expelled by an univerfal concurrence of nobles and people , whom the miferies of his reign had ...
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