The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift: Historical and political tracts-EnglishG. Bell, 1901 |
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... Majesty's service abroad on the 27th of August , 1709 , and left their horses behind them , which were subsisted , in order to mount another regiment to fill up their room ; as the horses of Lieutenant - General Harvey's ' regiment had ...
... Majesty's service abroad on the 27th of August , 1709 , and left their horses behind them , which were subsisted , in order to mount another regiment to fill up their room ; as the horses of Lieutenant - General Harvey's ' regiment had ...
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... Majesty , which petition , as usual , was referred to the Earl of Wharton , the lord - lieutenant , who being then ... Majesty's service ; he gave in his report , and said , He thought it was both useful and necessary , and with more ...
... Majesty , which petition , as usual , was referred to the Earl of Wharton , the lord - lieutenant , who being then ... Majesty's service ; he gave in his report , and said , He thought it was both useful and necessary , and with more ...
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... Majesty's service in Spain , and absent by Her Majesty's licence ; his Excellency hearing that , said they might give him a company in Spain , for he would dispose of his here ; and so notwithstanding all the commander of the regiment ...
... Majesty's service in Spain , and absent by Her Majesty's licence ; his Excellency hearing that , said they might give him a company in Spain , for he would dispose of his here ; and so notwithstanding all the commander of the regiment ...
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... Majesty's orders for it , but they did not appear under her hand , and it is generally affirmed he never had any . That his Excellency can descend to small gains , take this instance . There was 850 / . ordered by Her Majesty to buy ...
... Majesty's orders for it , but they did not appear under her hand , and it is generally affirmed he never had any . That his Excellency can descend to small gains , take this instance . There was 850 / . ordered by Her Majesty to buy ...
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... Majesty , " like the army of the two kings of Brentford ? The unbiassed majority of the nobility and gentry of the kingdom , are called , by this son of obscurity , " a rout of people , " and the clergy their leaders . We have often ...
... Majesty , " like the army of the two kings of Brentford ? The unbiassed majority of the nobility and gentry of the kingdom , are called , by this son of obscurity , " a rout of people , " and the clergy their leaders . We have often ...
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Page 182 - Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?