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" I should think, that in order to preserve the constitution entire in church and state, whoever has a true value for both, would be sure to avoid the extremes of whig, for the sake of the former; and the extremes of tory, on account of the latter. "
The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Including ... - Page 126
by Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1784
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The Works of Jonathan Swift: containing additional letters, tracts ..., Volume 8

Jonathan Swift, Sir Walter Scott - 1883 - 514 pages
...state, whoever has a true value for both, would be sure to avoid the extremes of Whig, for the sake of the former ; and the extremes of Tory, on account of the latter. I have now said all that I could think convenient, upon so nice a subject, and find 1 have the ambition, common...
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The Works, Volume 1

Jonathan Swift - 1883 - 530 pages
...state, whoever has a true value for both, would be sure to avoid the extremes of Whig, for the sake of the former, and the extremes of Tory, on account of the latter." But moderation in politics, however reasonable in itself, and though recommended by the powers of Swift,...
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Selections from the prose writings of Jonathan Swift, with preface and notes ...

Jonathan Swift - 1884 - 334 pages
...Man, " has a true value for Church and State would be sure to avoid the extremes of Whig for the sake of the former, and the extremes of Tory on account of the latter." Page 171. The Examiner, No. 16. The Review was Defoe's weekly paper, and the Observator was conducted...
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Selections from the Prose Writings of Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift, Stanley Lane-Poole - 1884 - 342 pages
...Man, " has a true value for Church and State would be sure to avoid the extremes of Whig for the sake of the former, and the extremes of Tory on account of the latter." Page 171. The Examiner, No. 16. The Review was Defoe's weekly paper, and the Observator was conducted...
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Johnson's Life of Swift, with intr. and notes by F. Ryland

Samuel Johnson - 1894 - 116 pages
...and state, whoever has a true value for both would be sure to avoid the extremes of Whig for the sake of the former, and the extremes of Tory on account of the latter." " Sentiments of a Church of England Man." On Swift's moderation in politics, see his letter to Pope,...
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Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern, Volume 36

Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 630 pages
...has a true value for Church and State," he writes, "should avoid the extremes of Whig for the sake of the former, and the extremes of Tory on account of the latter. " And again : " No true lover of liberty could unite with extreme Tories, no true lover of Church with...
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The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Volume 12

Jonathan Swift - 1897 - 478 pages
...Church and State," Swift wrote at a later period, " should avoid the extremes of Whig for the sake of the former and the extremes of Tory on account of the latter." In these words we have the true key to his politics. He was at no period of his life a Jacobite. He...
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A Tale of a Tub: The Battle of the Books, and Other Early Works

Jonathan Swift - 1907 - 444 pages
...Church and State," Swift wrote at a later period, " should avoid the extremes of Whig for the sake of the former and the extremes of Tory on account of the latter." In these words we have the true key to his politics. He was at no period of his life a Jacobite. He...
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The Edinburgh Monthly Review, Volume 4

1820 - 804 pages
...state, 'whoever has a true value for both, would be sure to avoid the extremes of whig for the sake of the former; and the extremes of tory, on account of the latter." On the " Argument against abolishing Christianity," written in 1708, we have only to remark, that its...
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The Edinburgh Monthly Review, Volume 4

1820 - 782 pages
...state, whoever lias a true value for both, would be aure to avoid the extremes of whig for the sake of the former ; and the extremes of tory, on account of the latter." On the " Argument against abolishing Christianity,1" written in 1708, we have only to remark, that...
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