As to parliaments, I adored the wisdom of that Gothic institution which made them annual, and I was confident our liberty could never be placed upon a firm foundation until that ancient law were restored among us. For who sees not that, while such assemblies... Swiftiana ... - Page 44edited by - 1804Full view - About this book
| Jonathan Swift - 1912 - 508 pages
...Parliaments, I adored the wisdom of that gothic institution, which made them annual, and I was confident our liberty could never be placed upon a firm foundation,...ministry and the deputies, wherein they both find their accounts, to the manifest danger of liberty — which traffic would never answer the design nor... | |
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