The Works ...: With the Author's Life and Character, Notes [etc.] In Eight Volumes, Volume 2A. Donaldson, 1761 - English literature |
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... against each other ; or to laugh out of countenance fome vice or folly of the time ; or to discredit the impofi- tions of quacks and falfe pretenders to fcience ; or to humble the arrogance of the ill - natured and envious ; in a word ...
... against each other ; or to laugh out of countenance fome vice or folly of the time ; or to discredit the impofi- tions of quacks and falfe pretenders to fcience ; or to humble the arrogance of the ill - natured and envious ; in a word ...
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... against particular perfons , and by way of ar ticles of impeachment . Whereas the commons in Rome , and fome other ftates , as will appear in a pro- per place , though they followed this method upon oc- cafion , yet generally purfued ...
... against particular perfons , and by way of ar ticles of impeachment . Whereas the commons in Rome , and fome other ftates , as will appear in a pro- per place , though they followed this method upon oc- cafion , yet generally purfued ...
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... against him , they fent to feize his perfon , and he hardly efcaped to the Perfian court ; from whence , if the love of his country had not fur- mounted its base ingratitude to him , he had many in- + Lord Somers . He was the general ...
... against him , they fent to feize his perfon , and he hardly efcaped to the Perfian court ; from whence , if the love of his country had not fur- mounted its base ingratitude to him , he had many in- + Lord Somers . He was the general ...
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... against itfelf ; and its authority became despised . The century and half following , to the end of the third Punic war , by the destruction of Carthage , was a very bufy period at Rome ; the intervals between every war being fo fhort ...
... against itfelf ; and its authority became despised . The century and half following , to the end of the third Punic war , by the destruction of Carthage , was a very bufy period at Rome ; the intervals between every war being fo fhort ...
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... against his pro- ceedings , and against the tribunes , these all left the city , and went over to his party , and confequently along with them the affections and interefts of the people ; which is further manifeft from the accounts he ...
... against his pro- ceedings , and against the tribunes , these all left the city , and went over to his party , and confequently along with them the affections and interefts of the people ; which is further manifeft from the accounts he ...
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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*.