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... factions in Italy , began ( if I remember right ) by a distinction of colours in
ribbands : and we might contend , with as good a grace , about the dignity of the
blue and the green ; which would serve as properly to divide the court , the
parliament ...
... factions in Italy , began ( if I remember right ) by a distinction of colours in
ribbands : and we might contend , with as good a grace , about the dignity of the
blue and the green ; which would serve as properly to divide the court , the
parliament ...
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Including the Whole of His Posthumous Pieces, Letters, &c Jonathan Swift, John
Hawkesworth. said to have been desposed by their people upon the score of
their arbitrary proceedings , fo , on the contrary , the commonwealths of Italy were
all ...
Including the Whole of His Posthumous Pieces, Letters, &c Jonathan Swift, John
Hawkesworth. said to have been desposed by their people upon the score of
their arbitrary proceedings , fo , on the contrary , the commonwealths of Italy were
all ...
Page 336
He is becomie the most powerful prince in Italy . I had rather see him so , than the
Emperor . He is fupposed to have entered into a secret and strict alliance with the
2012 of Bourbon . This is one of those facts , wherein I am most inclined to ...
He is becomie the most powerful prince in Italy . I had rather see him so , than the
Emperor . He is fupposed to have entered into a secret and strict alliance with the
2012 of Bourbon . This is one of those facts , wherein I am most inclined to ...
Page 386
However , this agreement hath been so ill observed , that , from the beginning of
the war to this day , neither of the two last Emperors had ever twenty thousand
men , on their own account , in the common cause , excepting once in Italy , when
...
However , this agreement hath been so ill observed , that , from the beginning of
the war to this day , neither of the two last Emperors had ever twenty thousand
men , on their own account , in the common cause , excepting once in Italy , when
...
Page 466
... between the Emperor , the late King of Great - Britain and the StatesGeneral ,
concluded the 7th of September 1701 , it is agreed and stipulated , that the
kingdoms of Naples and Sicily , with all the dependencies of the crown of Spain
in Italy ...
... between the Emperor , the late King of Great - Britain and the StatesGeneral ,
concluded the 7th of September 1701 , it is agreed and stipulated , that the
kingdoms of Naples and Sicily , with all the dependencies of the crown of Spain
in Italy ...
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| Title | The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Including the Whole of His Posthumous Pieces, Letters, &c, Volume 2 The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Including the Whole of His Posthumous Pieces, Letters, &c, John Hawkesworth |
| Authors | Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth |
| Publisher | C. Elliot, 1784 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 15 Nov 2006 |
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