The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Volume 2A. Donaldson, 1766 |
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Page 10
... proceedings of the house of Commons ; and was published during the recefs of parliament in the fummer of 1701 , with a view to engage them in milder mea- fure when they should meet again . As this time Lewis XIV . was making large ...
... proceedings of the house of Commons ; and was published during the recefs of parliament in the fummer of 1701 , with a view to engage them in milder mea- fure when they should meet again . As this time Lewis XIV . was making large ...
Page 13
... proceeding fo far , as to endeavour to force a lady of great virtue : the very crime which gave occafion to the expulfion of the regal power but fixty years before , as this attempt did to that of the Decem- viri . The Ephori in Sparta ...
... proceeding fo far , as to endeavour to force a lady of great virtue : the very crime which gave occafion to the expulfion of the regal power but fixty years before , as this attempt did to that of the Decem- viri . The Ephori in Sparta ...
Page 17
... proceedings as these have popular affemblies engaged in , for want of fixing the due limits of power and privilege . Great changes may indeed be made in a government , yet the form continue , and the balance be held : but large ...
... proceedings as these have popular affemblies engaged in , for want of fixing the due limits of power and privilege . Great changes may indeed be made in a government , yet the form continue , and the balance be held : but large ...
Page 21
... proceedings , mifapplying or embezzling public funds , ill conduct at fea , and the like , were ho- noured and lamented by their country , as the prefer- vers of it , and have had the veneration of all ages fince paid juftly to their ...
... proceedings , mifapplying or embezzling public funds , ill conduct at fea , and the like , were ho- noured and lamented by their country , as the prefer- vers of it , and have had the veneration of all ages fince paid juftly to their ...
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... proceeding upon the affairs of A- thens were no other than the untimely lofs of fo great and good a man , yet I could not forbear relating it . Their next great nan was Ariftides * . Befides the mighty fervice he had done his country in ...
... proceeding upon the affairs of A- thens were no other than the untimely lofs of fo great and good a man , yet I could not forbear relating it . Their next great nan was Ariftides * . Befides the mighty fervice he had done his country in ...
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