 I ever abominated that scheme of politics (now about thirty years old) of setting up a monied interest in opposition to the landed. For I conceived, there could not be a truer maxim in our government than this, That the possessors of the soil are the...  Swiftiana ... - Page 46edited by - 1804Full view - About this book
 | Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1784 - 472 pages
...could not be a truer maxim in our government, than this, That the poiTeflbrs of the foil are the beft judges of what is for the advantage of the kingdom. If others had thought the fame way, funds of credit, and South-Sea projects, would neither have been felt nor heard of. I could... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenaburg - Literature - 1794 - 492 pages
...could not be a truer maxim in our government than this , That the pofleffors of the foil are the bed judges of what is for the advantage of the kingdom. If others had thought the fame way, funds of credit and South -lea projects would neither have been felt nor heard of. I could... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenaburg - Literature - 1794 - 498 pages
...could not be a truer maxim in our government than this , That the poffeilbrs of the foil are the beft judges of what is for the advantage of the kingdom. If others bad thought the fame way , funds of credit and South - fea projects would neither have been felt nor... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 406 pages
...monied interest in opposition to the landed. For I conceived, there could not be a truer maxim in our government than this, that the possessors of the soil...neither have been felt nor heard of. I could never discover the necessity of suspending any law upon which the liberty of the most innocent persons depended:... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1803 - 318 pages
...monied interest in opposition to the landed, tor I conceived, there could not be a truer maxim in our government than this, that the possessors of the soil...judges of what is for the advantage of the kingdom. If other* had thought the same way, funds of credit and South sea projects would neither have been felt... | |
 | Charles Henry Wilson - Authors, Irish - 1804 - 284 pages
...of his subjects. " As to Parliaments, I adored the wisdom of that Gothic institution which made them them annual, and I was confident that our liberty...nor heard of. " I could never see the necessity of sufpending pending any law upon which the liberty of the most innocent persons depended : neither do... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 540 pages
...could not be a truer maxim in our government than this, That the Poffeflbrs of the foil are the beft judges of what is for the advantage of the kingdom. If others had thought the fame way, Funds of Credit and South-fea Projects would neither have been felt nor heard of. I could... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 538 pages
...could not be a truer maxim in our government than this, That the Poffeflbrs of the foil are the beft judges of what is for the advantage of the kingdom. If others had thought the fame way, Funds of Credit and South-fea Projects would neither have been felt nor heard of. I could... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 478 pages
...monied interest in opposition to the landed. For I conceived, there could not be a truer maxim in our government than this, that the possessors of the soil...way, funds of credit and South Sea projects would never have been felt nor heard of. I could never discover the necessity of suspending any law upon... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 478 pages
...monied interest in opposition to the landed. For I conceived, there could not be a truer maxim in our government than this, that the possessors of the soil...of the kingdom. If others had thought the same way, fvmds of credit and South Sea projects would never have been felt nor heard of. I could never discover... | |
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