THE WORKS OF THE Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volume 3C. BATHURST, in Fleetstreet, 1760 |
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... king of Spain , and kingWilliam was made extremely uneafy by the violence with which many of his ministers and chief favourites were purfued by the commons ; the king , to appease their refentment , had made feveral changes in his ...
... king of Spain , and kingWilliam was made extremely uneafy by the violence with which many of his ministers and chief favourites were purfued by the commons ; the king , to appease their refentment , had made feveral changes in his ...
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... kings ; or in a senate , who were called the nobles ; or in the people col- lective or representative , who may be called the commons . Each of thefe had frequently the executive power in Greece , and fometimes in Rome : but the power ...
... kings ; or in a senate , who were called the nobles ; or in the people col- lective or representative , who may be called the commons . Each of thefe had frequently the executive power in Greece , and fometimes in Rome : but the power ...
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... kings of Sparta , the confular power in Rome , that of the kings of Media be- fore the reign of Cyrus , as reprefented by Xenophon ; and that of the several limited states in the Gothick institution . When the balance is broken ...
... kings of Sparta , the confular power in Rome , that of the kings of Media be- fore the reign of Cyrus , as reprefented by Xenophon ; and that of the several limited states in the Gothick institution . When the balance is broken ...
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... kings to judge in civil matters , while they were employed in the wars . These men at several times ufurped the abfolute authority , and were as cruel tyrants , as any in their age . * Soon after the unfortunate expedition into Sicily ...
... kings to judge in civil matters , while they were employed in the wars . These men at several times ufurped the abfolute authority , and were as cruel tyrants , as any in their age . * Soon after the unfortunate expedition into Sicily ...
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... king , lords , and com- mons . Such was that of Sparta , in its primitive in- ftitution by Lycurgus ; who , obferving the corruptions and depravations to which every of these was subject , compounded his fcheme out of all ; fo that it ...
... king , lords , and com- mons . Such was that of Sparta , in its primitive in- ftitution by Lycurgus ; who , obferving the corruptions and depravations to which every of these was subject , compounded his fcheme out of all ; fo that it ...
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abfolute abuſe adminiſtration affembly againſt almoſt anſwer Athens becauſe Befides beft beſt cafe cardinal de Noailles cauſe chriſtianity church church of England clergy common confequences conftitution corruptions court defign defire diffenters diſcover endeavour England eſtabliſhed facramental fafe faid fame fatire fects fecure feems fenate fent ferve feveral fhall fhew fide fince fingle firſt fome fometimes foon ftate fubject fucceffion fuch fuppofe fure greateſt Greece hath himſelf honour houfe houſe impeached intereft itſelf juftice king kingdom laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs lord minifters miniftry moft moſt muſt myſelf neceffary neceffity nobles obferve occafion opinion Partridge party paſs paſt perfon Phocion pleaſe pleaſure poffible prefent preſerve pretend prince propofed publick publiſhed raiſed reaſon reft religion Rome ſeems ſeveral ſhall ſhould ſome ſtate ſuch thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion ufually underſtand univerfal uſed utmoſt whigs whofe whoſe wife