...digressed a little ... to let you see that by the laws of God, of nature, of nations, and of your own country, you are and ought to be as free a people as your brethren in England." As Swift had already said in the third letter, no one could believe that any English patent would stand...

...become a slave in six hours by crossing the Channel ? " In the fourth letter he goes still further. " By the laws of God, of Nature, of Nations, and of...be as free a people as your brethren in England." "All government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery." The letter...

...seasonably raised amongst you, and to let you see that by the laws of God, of Nations, and of your own Country, you are and ought to be as free a people as your brethren in England." This letter brought things to a climax. The Lord Lieutenant, Carteret (Grafton having been recalled),...

...memorable letter. " The remedy is wholly in your own hands," he says, addressing the Irish people, "and therefore I have digressed a little, in order...to be as free a people as your brethren in England. For, in reason," he adds, 'fail government rnhout the consent of the r/orerned, is the wry definition...

...reasonably raised among you, and to let you see that, by the laws of God, of Nature, and of your own country, you are, and ought to be, as free a people as your brethren in England." The chord thus struck " vibrated through every class in Ireland," more especially as the question was...

...in reason all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery," and that " by the laws of God, of nature, of nations,...be as free a people as your brethren in England." The Viceroy was alarmed, the printer prosecuted before a carefully culled jury, but it refused to convict....

...to let you see that by the laws of God, of nature, of nations, and of your country, you are, and you ought to be, as free a people as your brethren in England." Carpet-baggers, however, are not "of nature" free. The best men in Anglo-Ireland did not go so far...

...digressed a little ... to let you see that by the laws of God, of nature, of nations, and of your own country, you are and ought to be as free a people as your brethren in England." As Swift had already said in the third letter, no one could believe that any English patent would stand...

...People of Ireland," telling them that " by the laws of God, of nature, of nations, and of your own country, you are and ought to be as FREE a people as your brethren in England." The truth is that no one, however alien his antecedents, however violent his prejudices, can live long...

...raised amongst you, and to let you see that by the laws of God, of nature, of nations, and of your own country, you are and ought to be as free a people as your brethren hi England. The Drapier's Letters were occasioned by an attempt to foist , a copper coinage on Ireland,...