The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift: Historical and political tracts-EnglishG. Bell, 1901 |
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Page 7
... honour which the gentlemen from thence have had by their conduct and employments in the army , turns all to the article of this kingdom ; the rest , which relates to politics , or the art of government , is inconsiderable to the last ...
... honour which the gentlemen from thence have had by their conduct and employments in the army , turns all to the article of this kingdom ; the rest , which relates to politics , or the art of government , is inconsiderable to the last ...
Page 8
... honour of much conversation with his lordship , and am thoroughly convinced how indifferent he is to applause , and how insensible of reproach ; which is not a humour put on to serve a turn or keep a countenance , not arising from the ...
... honour of much conversation with his lordship , and am thoroughly convinced how indifferent he is to applause , and how insensible of reproach ; which is not a humour put on to serve a turn or keep a countenance , not arising from the ...
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... honour . The author of the " Letter to the Seven Lords , " takes upon him the three characters of a despiser , a threatener , and a railer ; and succeeds so well in the two last , that it has made him miscarry in the first . It is no ...
... honour . The author of the " Letter to the Seven Lords , " takes upon him the three characters of a despiser , a threatener , and a railer ; and succeeds so well in the two last , that it has made him miscarry in the first . It is no ...
Page 37
... honour , and justice be thus violated by men ? Questions proper for a pulpit , or well becoming a philosopher ; but what if it were regnandi causa ? ( and that perhaps in a literal sense ) Is this an age of the world to think crimes ...
... honour , and justice be thus violated by men ? Questions proper for a pulpit , or well becoming a philosopher ; but what if it were regnandi causa ? ( and that perhaps in a literal sense ) Is this an age of the world to think crimes ...
Page 38
... honour to procure Gregg a pardon , which was openly promised him , upon con- dition of making an ingenuous confession , unless they had some other notions of what is ingenuous , than is commonly meant by that word . A confession may be ...
... honour to procure Gregg a pardon , which was openly promised him , upon con- dition of making an ingenuous confession , unless they had some other notions of what is ingenuous , than is commonly meant by that word . A confession may be ...
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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?