An occasional (A second-tenth) letter from the Farmer to the free-men of Dublin1749 |
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Affembly Affertion Affurance againſt Aldermen alfo alſo Anceſtors Appetites appointed bafe berty beſt bleffed caft Candidates Caufe Charles Wager chooſe CITY of DUBLIN Confcience Confent Confequence Conftitution Corruption Country Countrymen defend demonftrated Depravity Election encroach eſtabliſhed faid FARMER FAULKNER in Effex-ftreet Favour felves ferve feveral fhall fhew fhould fince fingle firft firſt Flock fole fome Freedom ftand fuch fufficient fuperior fupported fure furrender GEORGE FAULKNER glorious Revolution Government hath himſelf Honour INDEPENDENT ELECTORS Induſtry Influence Inftance Integrity Intereft itſelf juft laft lefs MDCCXLIX Meaſure Merit moft moſt muft muſt myſelf Nation natural Liberty Number Occafion Oppofition Patriotifm Patriots Perfon perfuade Poffeffions poffible Pofterity political Power prefent Prefervation Printed by GEORGE Privileges Profeffions Profpect Profperity Property Purpoſe Queſtion Reafon refpect Reprefentatives Reynard Rights Senfe ſhall Slavery Soul Spirit thefe themſelves thereof theſe thofe thoſe tion Truft Truth Underſtanding Virtue WHEREFORE whofe whole Wiſdom yourſelves
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