The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Volume 2A. Donaldson, 1766 |
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Page 83
... Majesty was never once confulted in it ; whatever his preceptors , the politicians of Button's coffee- house , may have informed him to the contrary . The Mr Steele affirms , that the French have begun the de- molition of Dunkirk ...
... Majesty was never once confulted in it ; whatever his preceptors , the politicians of Button's coffee- house , may have informed him to the contrary . The Mr Steele affirms , that the French have begun the de- molition of Dunkirk ...
Page 86
... Majesty , fhould not in decency have been affirmed until about fifty years hence ; when it might be fuppofed there would be no living witnefs left to difprove it . It was only upon the affurances of a re- volt given by the Prince of ...
... Majesty , fhould not in decency have been affirmed until about fifty years hence ; when it might be fuppofed there would be no living witnefs left to difprove it . It was only upon the affurances of a re- volt given by the Prince of ...
Page 91
... Majesty was pleased to declare fhe had with that houfe on her part . 1 As to the first of these demands , I will venture to un- dertake it shall be granted ; but then Mr Steele and his brother malecontents must promise to believe the ...
... Majesty was pleased to declare fhe had with that houfe on her part . 1 As to the first of these demands , I will venture to un- dertake it shall be granted ; but then Mr Steele and his brother malecontents must promise to believe the ...
Page 104
... Majesty , a . prince of great valour and conduct , at the head of the whole confederate army ; yet we had no reafon to boait- of our fuccefs ; how then should we be able to oppofe France with thofe powers against us , which would carry ...
... Majesty , a . prince of great valour and conduct , at the head of the whole confederate army ; yet we had no reafon to boait- of our fuccefs ; how then should we be able to oppofe France with thofe powers against us , which would carry ...
Page 115
... Majesty nor her kingdoms have any intereft or concern , farther than what is mentioned in the fecond and the twentieth ar ticles : by the former the States are to affift the QUEEN in defending the act of fucceffion ; and by the other ...
... Majesty nor her kingdoms have any intereft or concern , farther than what is mentioned in the fecond and the twentieth ar ticles : by the former the States are to affift the QUEEN in defending the act of fucceffion ; and by the other ...
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