The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Volume 7Bell, 1905 |
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... thousand pounds a year upon the balance . That the governing of this kingdom costs the lord lieutenant two thousand four hundred pounds a year , 1 so much net loss to poor England . That the people of Ireland presume to dig for coals in ...
... thousand pounds a year upon the balance . That the governing of this kingdom costs the lord lieutenant two thousand four hundred pounds a year , 1 so much net loss to poor England . That the people of Ireland presume to dig for coals in ...
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... 1,000l . at sight , are hardly able to raise 100l . in so many days . Spindles of yarn ( our daily bread ) are ... pound , and all this not from any extraordinary plenty of commodities , but from a perfect dearth of money . Never did I ...
... 1,000l . at sight , are hardly able to raise 100l . in so many days . Spindles of yarn ( our daily bread ) are ... pound , and all this not from any extraordinary plenty of commodities , but from a perfect dearth of money . Never did I ...
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... thousand , two hundred and fifty pounds . The farmers of this kingdom , who are computed to be ten thousand , are able to spend yearly five hundred thousand oaths , which gives twenty - five thousand pounds ; and it is conjectured ...
... thousand , two hundred and fifty pounds . The farmers of this kingdom , who are computed to be ten thousand , are able to spend yearly five hundred thousand oaths , which gives twenty - five thousand pounds ; and it is conjectured ...
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... thousand pounds net . There are computed to be one hundred pretty fellows in this town , that swear fifty oaths a head daily ; some of them would think it hard to be stinted to an hundred : This very branch would produce a vast sum ...
... thousand pounds net . There are computed to be one hundred pretty fellows in this town , that swear fifty oaths a head daily ; some of them would think it hard to be stinted to an hundred : This very branch would produce a vast sum ...
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... thousand pounds per ann . Several eminent Quakers are also willing to take them at that rent ; but the undertaker has rejected their proposals , being resolved to deal with none but Christians . Application may be made to him about them ...
... thousand pounds per ann . Several eminent Quakers are also willing to take them at that rent ; but the undertaker has rejected their proposals , being resolved to deal with none but Christians . Application may be made to him about them ...
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