The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift: Historical and political tracts-IrishG. Bell, 1905 |
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... , gone to work systematically to ruin Irish manufactures . They seemed to threaten ruin to English industries ; at least so the people in England thought . The pernicious legisla- tion began in the reign of Charles II . and xii ...
... , gone to work systematically to ruin Irish manufactures . They seemed to threaten ruin to English industries ; at least so the people in England thought . The pernicious legisla- tion began in the reign of Charles II . and xii ...
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... least reasoning possess in some degree . Looking back on the work Swift did , and comparing its effect at the time with the current esteem in which he is held in the present day , we shall find that his reputation has altogether changed ...
... least reasoning possess in some degree . Looking back on the work Swift did , and comparing its effect at the time with the current esteem in which he is held in the present day , we shall find that his reputation has altogether changed ...
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... least spark of public spirit left , those who wished well to their country and its constitution in church and state , should , upon the first news of the late Speaker's promotion , ( and you and I know it might have been done a great ...
... least spark of public spirit left , those who wished well to their country and its constitution in church and state , should , upon the first news of the late Speaker's promotion , ( and you and I know it might have been done a great ...
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... least apprehension that he will promote or assent to the repealing of that clause , whether it be decent or proper , he should be the mouth of an assembly , whereof a very great majority pretend to abhor his opinion . Can a body , whose ...
... least apprehension that he will promote or assent to the repealing of that clause , whether it be decent or proper , he should be the mouth of an assembly , whereof a very great majority pretend to abhor his opinion . Can a body , whose ...
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... least if he be in with the court , when it is hard to say how many converts may be made in a circle of dinners , or private cabals . And you and I can easily call to mind a gentleman in that station , in England , who , by his own arts ...
... least if he be in with the court , when it is hard to say how many converts may be made in a circle of dinners , or private cabals . And you and I can easily call to mind a gentleman in that station , in England , who , by his own arts ...
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