The Works ...: With the Author's Life and Character, Notes [etc.] In Eight Volumes, Volume 2A. Donaldson, 1761 - English literature |
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... said , that , in order to preserve the balance in a mixed state , the limits of power depofited with each party ought to be afcer- tained , and generally known . The defect of this is the caufe that introduces those strugglings in a ...
... said , that , in order to preserve the balance in a mixed state , the limits of power depofited with each party ought to be afcer- tained , and generally known . The defect of this is the caufe that introduces those strugglings in a ...
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... said in behalf of human kind , that common fenfe and plain reafon , while men are difengaged from acquired opinions , will ever have fome general in- fluence upon their minds ; whereas the fpecies of folly and vice are infinite , and fo ...
... said in behalf of human kind , that common fenfe and plain reafon , while men are difengaged from acquired opinions , will ever have fome general in- fluence upon their minds ; whereas the fpecies of folly and vice are infinite , and fo ...
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... said would probably prompt the Scots to declare the union diffolved , The Earl of Findlater foon after moved the house of Lords , for leave to bring in a bill for diffolving the union . He was feconded by the Earl of Mar , and supported ...
... said would probably prompt the Scots to declare the union diffolved , The Earl of Findlater foon after moved the house of Lords , for leave to bring in a bill for diffolving the union . He was feconded by the Earl of Mar , and supported ...
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... SAID it . I have been likewife told , that fome very necellary circum- stances were wanting in the entrance upon this treaty ; but the minifters here rather chofe to facrifice the honour of the crown , and the fafety of their country ...
... SAID it . I have been likewife told , that fome very necellary circum- stances were wanting in the entrance upon this treaty ; but the minifters here rather chofe to facrifice the honour of the crown , and the fafety of their country ...
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... said revenues may be suf- ficient to support thefe expences , endeavours fhall be used for enlarging the dependencies and jurifdiétions afore- faid as much as poffible ; and particularly , for including with the jurifdiction of Ypres ...
... said revenues may be suf- ficient to support thefe expences , endeavours fhall be used for enlarging the dependencies and jurifdiétions afore- faid as much as poffible ; and particularly , for including with the jurifdiction of Ypres ...
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Page 403 - We are plagued here with an October Club ; that is, a set of above a hundred Parliamentmen of the country, who drink October beer at home, and meet every evening at a tavern near the Parliament, to consult affairs, and drive things on to extremes against the Whigs, to call the old ministry to account, and get off five or six heads.
Page 42 - For, although in their corrupt notions of divine worship, they are apt to multiply their gods; yet their earthly devotion is seldom paid to above one idol at a time of their own creation, whose oar they pull with less murmuring and much more skill, than when they share the lading, or even hold the helm.
Page 399 - ADVICE HUMBLY OFFERED TO -THE MEMBERS OF THE OCTOBER CLUB. In a Letter from a Person of Honour*.