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18. Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.

A discourse of the contests and dissensions between the nobles and the commons in Athens and Rome, with the consequences they had upon both those states. (London : Printed for John Nutt ... , 1701)

18. Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.

This was Swift’s first separately published work. His early career was under the patronage of Sir William Temple, one of the Whigs. At the time the Tories controlled the House of Commons and the Whigs the House of Lords. Swift’s pamphlet argues against an attempt by the Tories to impeach five of the Whig Lords.

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