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Between 6 March and 31 July Arbuthnot issued the five pamphlets later known as The History of John Bull . Swift , meanwhile , was slaving away at The History of the Four Last Years of the Queen , - a misleading title , for the piece is ...
Between 6 March and 31 July Arbuthnot issued the five pamphlets later known as The History of John Bull . Swift , meanwhile , was slaving away at The History of the Four Last Years of the Queen , - a misleading title , for the piece is ...
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For Swift it was a supreme moment - the Examiner , The Con- duct of the Allies , countless political pamphlets and squibs , even The Windsor Prophecy , had issued at last in dazzling success . It was well that he sensed the triumph to ...
For Swift it was a supreme moment - the Examiner , The Con- duct of the Allies , countless political pamphlets and squibs , even The Windsor Prophecy , had issued at last in dazzling success . It was well that he sensed the triumph to ...
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England , how- ever , took the view that a large issue of copper halfpence and farthings would suffice , and accordingly issued a new patent to an English iron merchant - named William Wood , who was granted the exclusive right to coin ...
England , how- ever , took the view that a large issue of copper halfpence and farthings would suffice , and accordingly issued a new patent to an English iron merchant - named William Wood , who was granted the exclusive right to coin ...
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CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
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