The Works ...: With the Author's Life and Character, Notes [etc.] In Eight Volumes, Volume 2A. Donaldson, 1761 - English literature |
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... able to lay . And this laft circunftance , as cafes have lately stood , may perhaps be worth noting . From what hath been already advanced , several con- clufions may be drawn : If , That a mixed government partaking of the known forms ...
... able to lay . And this laft circunftance , as cafes have lately stood , may perhaps be worth noting . From what hath been already advanced , several con- clufions may be drawn : If , That a mixed government partaking of the known forms ...
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... able to appear by reafon of his wounds , fined 30,000 crowns , and died in prifon . Though the confequences of this proceeding upon the affairs of A- thens were no other than the untimely lofs of so great and good a man , yet I could ...
... able to appear by reafon of his wounds , fined 30,000 crowns , and died in prifon . Though the confequences of this proceeding upon the affairs of A- thens were no other than the untimely lofs of so great and good a man , yet I could ...
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... able to recover their loffes , repent of their rafhnefs , and endeavour in vain for his restoration the Perfian lieutenant , to whofe protection he fled , making him a facrifice to the refentments of Lyfan- der the general of the ...
... able to recover their loffes , repent of their rafhnefs , and endeavour in vain for his restoration the Perfian lieutenant , to whofe protection he fled , making him a facrifice to the refentments of Lyfan- der the general of the ...
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... able minifter of ftate , an excellent orator , and a man of letters and , laftly , that Phocion , befides the fuccefs of his arms , was alfo renowned for his negotiations abroad , having in an embally brought the greatest monarch of the ...
... able minifter of ftate , an excellent orator , and a man of letters and , laftly , that Phocion , befides the fuccefs of his arms , was alfo renowned for his negotiations abroad , having in an embally brought the greatest monarch of the ...
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... able to read , and can spare a fhilling , fhall be a fubfcriber ; feveral thousands of each produc- tion shall be sent among their friends through the king- dom ; the work fhall be reported admirable , fublime , unanswerable ; shall ...
... able to read , and can spare a fhilling , fhall be a fubfcriber ; feveral thousands of each produc- tion shall be sent among their friends through the king- dom ; the work fhall be reported admirable , fublime , unanswerable ; shall ...
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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*.