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I fhould be apt to think it may " foretel a peace ; and that is all we have to preferve us . " [ Aug. 27 . 711. ] Swift and the Secretary having appointed to spend a 66 whole • Mr Harley received him with the utmost kindness and xxxii ...
I fhould be apt to think it may " foretel a peace ; and that is all we have to preferve us . " [ Aug. 27 . 711. ] Swift and the Secretary having appointed to spend a 66 whole • Mr Harley received him with the utmost kindness and xxxii ...
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nion , but their own , that if they could not carry a peace , they would not be able to keep them felves out of the Tower , even though they fhould agree . [ D. S. P. 331. Let . to Stella . ] In order therefore to facilitate this great ...
nion , but their own , that if they could not carry a peace , they would not be able to keep them felves out of the Tower , even though they fhould agree . [ D. S. P. 331. Let . to Stella . ] In order therefore to facilitate this great ...
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Few of this generation can remember any " thing but war and taxes , and they think it is as it fhould be ; " whereas it is certain , we are the moft undone people in Europe , as I am afraid I fhall make appear beyond all contradiction .
Few of this generation can remember any " thing but war and taxes , and they think it is as it fhould be ; " whereas it is certain , we are the moft undone people in Europe , as I am afraid I fhall make appear beyond all contradiction .
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Ir in this representation of his behaviour , as it is in many particulars taken from his letters to Stella , he fhould be fufpected of having fomewhat exaggerated to gratify his vanity , he may be abundantly justified by a letter ftill ...
Ir in this representation of his behaviour , as it is in many particulars taken from his letters to Stella , he fhould be fufpected of having fomewhat exaggerated to gratify his vanity , he may be abundantly justified by a letter ftill ...
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... a mortal antipathy against standing armies in times of peace ; and was of opinion , that our liberty could never be placed upon a firm foundation , till the antient law fhould be revived , by which our parliaments were made annual .
... a mortal antipathy against standing armies in times of peace ; and was of opinion , that our liberty could never be placed upon a firm foundation , till the antient law fhould be revived , by which our parliaments were made annual .
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| Title | The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift .. Volume 1 of The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift, Jonathan Swift |
| Author | Jonathan Swift |
| Publisher | G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 4 May 2017 |
| Length | 2984 pages |
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