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107; and under the person of a prime minister in Japan, x. 270. Charged by Swift with baseness, xii. 274; to Mr. Gay in particular, 364. 413. xiii. 18; and to Swift, xii. 415. xiii. 18. Proposed in the house of commons a clause in an address, of the same nature with that of the earl of Nottingham, iv. 43. Committed to the Tower, for receiving money on account of contracts for forage, 106. An enemy to the liberty of the press, xvi. 301. Held opinions very inconsistent with liberty, xii. 180. Discoursed on the subject of Ireland in such a way that Swift did not think proper to debate with him, 181. The dean had two interviews with him, xix. 45.
War. Characterised, xvii. 173. The usual motives to it, vi. 288. None so furious as that from difference of opinion in things indifferent, ibid. A great unhappiness in a government, when numbers are interested in its continuance, iii. 5. Maxims observed by all wise governments in it, 60-63. What the motives of those who were so averse to putting an end to it, 91. The justifiable motives to it, 332. The wars in which England has been engaged since the conquest considered, 335. The ground and conduct of the first general war for ten years after the revolution, 337. After great expense of blood and treasure, concluded with great advantage to the empire and Holland, but none at all to England, ibid. Ground of the war declared by queen Anne, 340-343. Should have been carried on against Spain in the West Indies, 353. The true motive of it was the aggrandizing of a particular family, 378. 400. Remarks upon the northern war, 405. The nation almost ruined by a glorious war, 427. A dissertation on war, ii. 282. The greatest part of mankind love war better than peace, 283. War necessary to establish subordination, ibid. Is the usual cure for corruption in bodies politick, ibid. The yearly expense of the war, at its commencement in 1702, iv. 130. Its progressional expense to 1711, 131. Above nineteen millions expended by England more than its proportional quota, 138. Its enticing quality, xviii. 98.
Warburton (Mr. Thomas). Some account of him, xi. 276. xviii. 348. Recommended by Swift to the vicarage of Rathcool and prebend of Sagard, xi. 276.
Ware (sir James). Remark on his Memoirs of the Archbishops of Cashell, xiii. 203.
Warton (Dr. Joseph). A mistake of his respecting Swift's opinion of Milton, xiv. 9; corrected xix. vi.
Waters (the printer). Prosecuted, xii. 47.
Waters (Peter). An acute manager, xvi. 300.
Weavers. Letter to the Archbishop of Dublin concerning them, ix. 351. Prologue to a Play for their Benefit, vii. 198. Answer to it, xviii. 430.
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