The Works of Jonathan Swift: Tracts relative to Ireland. The drapier's letters. Miscellaneous tracts upon Irish affairsA. Constable, 1814 |
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... me , as some have already had the weakness , that it is of little importance to either party to have a speaker of their side , his * Alluding to the Presbyterians . business being only to take the sense of the house 6 A LETTER TO.
... me , as some have already had the weakness , that it is of little importance to either party to have a speaker of their side , his * Alluding to the Presbyterians . business being only to take the sense of the house 6 A LETTER TO.
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... importance . Yet I have heard some persons of both sides gravely de- liver themselves in this manner : " Why should we make the choosing of a speaker a party cause ? Let us fix upon one , who is well versed in the practices and methods ...
... importance . Yet I have heard some persons of both sides gravely de- liver themselves in this manner : " Why should we make the choosing of a speaker a party cause ? Let us fix upon one , who is well versed in the practices and methods ...
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... importance of scarlet and gold lace . The fable in Ovid of Arachne and Pallas is to this purpose . The goddess had heard of one Arachne , a young virgin very famous for spinning and weaving ; they both met upon a trial of skill ; and ...
... importance of scarlet and gold lace . The fable in Ovid of Arachne and Pallas is to this purpose . The goddess had heard of one Arachne , a young virgin very famous for spinning and weaving ; they both met upon a trial of skill ; and ...
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... importance . And , to speak freely , it is but drawing a skin over a wound , and giving it a face of a soundness , when there lies filth and purulence within , which will another time break out with more pain and greater danger . The ...
... importance . And , to speak freely , it is but drawing a skin over a wound , and giving it a face of a soundness , when there lies filth and purulence within , which will another time break out with more pain and greater danger . The ...
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... importance of pre- cedence in general ; which may prove of singular use to mankind , who are for the most part unap- prised of it . As I remember , there fell a very harsh expres- sion from a certain gentleman ( with whom it is not ...
... importance of pre- cedence in general ; which may prove of singular use to mankind , who are for the most part unap- prised of it . As I remember , there fell a very harsh expres- sion from a certain gentleman ( with whom it is not ...
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advantage allowed answer beggars called Carteret coal coinage confess consequence copper coun court crown Dean declare Drapier Drapier's letters Dublin Duke of Grafton employments endeavoured enemies England English farther favour foreign beggars former friends gentlemen give gold grand jury granted halfpenny honour hope house of commons hundred Ireland Irish jacobite judge justice Kilkenny king king's kingdom kingdom of Ireland labour land landlords least letter liberty likewise Lord Lord Carteret Lord Middleton lord-lieutenant lordship majesty majesty's manner manufactures matter ment minister nation never obliged observed occasion officers opinion paper parish parliament party patent pence person poor pound weight present pretender privy-council proposal reason receive rent revenue ruin sent shillings silver squires suppose Swift tenants thing thought thousand pounds tion tory trade true Walpole whereof whig Whitehaven whole William Wood Wood's halfpence
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Page 455 - A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends, and when the family dines alone, the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish...
Page 119 - They are as venomous as the poison of a serpent, even like the deaf adder, that stoppeth her ears; 5 Which refuseth to hear the voice of the charmer, charm he never so wisely.
Page 375 - Because I have called and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity: I will mock when your fear cometh...
Page 453 - I think it is agreed by all parties that this prodigious number of children in the arms, or on the backs, or at the heels of their mothers, and frequently of their fathers, is in the present deplorable state of the kingdom a very great additional grievance; and, therefore, whoever could find out a fair, cheap, and easy method of making these children sound, useful members of the commonwealth would deserve so well of the public as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation.
Page 181 - The Remedy is wholly in your own Hands; and therefore I have digressed a little, in order to refresh and continue that Spirit so seasonably raised amongst you; and to let you see, that by the Laws of GOD, of NATURE, of NATIONS, and of your own Country, you ARE and OUGHT to be as FREE a People as your Brethren in England.
Page 455 - I confess, they learn the rudiments much earlier; during which time they can however be properly looked upon only as probationers; as I have been informed by a principal gentleman in the county of Cavan, who protested to me, that he never knew above one or two instances under the age of six, even in a part of the kingdom so renowned for the quickest proficiency in that art.
Page 462 - Therefore let no man talk to me of other expedients: of taxing our absentees at five shillings a pound: of using neither clothes, nor household furniture, except what is of our own growth and manufacture: of utterly rejecting the materials and instruments that promote foreign luxury...
Page 460 - For first, as I have already observed, it would greatly lessen the number of papists, with whom we are yearly overrun, being the principal breeders of the nation as well as our most dangerous enemies...
Page 456 - I have already computed the charge of nursing a beggar's child (in which list I reckon all cottagers, labourers, and four-fifths of the farmers) to be about two shillings per annum, rags included, and I believe no gentleman would repine to give ten shillings for the carcass of a good fat child...
Page 215 - For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me : they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.