| Jonathan Swift - 1850 - 900 pages
...highest importance. For first, as I have already observed, it would greatly lessen the number of papists, with whom we are yearly over-run, being the principal breeders of the nation as well as our most dangerous enemies ; and who stay at home on purpose to deliver the kingdom to the pretender, hoping... | |
| Jonathan Swift, Thomas Roscoe - 1859 - 686 pages
...importance. \ 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 ; and who stay at home on purpose to deliver the kingdom to the pretender, hoping... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1863 - 696 pages
...devenir grosse1. first, as I have already observed, it would greatly lessen the number of papists, which whom we are yearly overrun , being the principal breeders of the nation, as well as our most dangerous enemies.... Thirdly, whereas the maintenance of a hundred thousand children, from two... | |
| Patrick Lavelle - Land tenure - 1870 - 612 pages
...TENANTS." His " modest pro posal" would, he said, if adopted, "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 ; who stay at home on purpose to deliver the kingdom to the Pretender, hoping... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1871 - 586 pages
...highest importance. 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. . . . Thirdly, whereas the maintenance of a hundred thousand children, from... | |
| Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871 - 570 pages
...highest importance. 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. . . . Thirdly, whereas the maintenance of a hundred thousand children, from... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1878 - 518 pages
...highest importance. 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 .... Thirdly, whereas the maintenance of a hundred thousand children, from two... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1883 - 516 pages
...highest importance. For first, as I have already observed, it would greatly lessen the number of Papists, with whom we are yearly over-run, being the principal breeders of the nation, as well as our most dangerous enemies ; and who stay at home on purpose to deliver the kingdom to the Pretender, hoping... | |
| Jonathan Swift, Sir Walter Scott - 1883 - 522 pages
...highest importance. For first, as I have already observed, it would greatly lessen the number of Papists, with whom we are yearly over-run, being the principal breeders of the nation, as well as our most dangerous enemies ; and who stay at home on purpose to deliver the kingdom to the Pretender, hoping... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1883 - 516 pages
...higtiest importance. For first, as I have already observed, it would greatjy 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 .... Thirdly, whereas the maintenance of a hundred thousand children, from two... | |
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