The Works ...: With the Author's Life and Character, Notes [etc.] In Eight Volumes, Volume 2A. Donaldson, 1761 - English literature |
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Page 17
... as it became neceflary to reject or receive both the bills thus tacked together , this expe- dient perfectly answered its purpofe . Hawkef . VOL . II . B well well as other states , have been bred by a IN ATHENS AND ROME . 17.
... as it became neceflary to reject or receive both the bills thus tacked together , this expe- dient perfectly answered its purpofe . Hawkef . VOL . II . B well well as other states , have been bred by a IN ATHENS AND ROME . 17.
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... death of Cæfar , made one great effort to refore their former state and liberty , the fuccefs did not answer their hopes , but that whole affembly 1 affembly was fo funk in its authority , that thofe IN ATHENS AND ROME . 37.
... death of Cæfar , made one great effort to refore their former state and liberty , the fuccefs did not answer their hopes , but that whole affembly 1 affembly was fo funk in its authority , that thofe IN ATHENS AND ROME . 37.
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... answer to the Crifis , by Sir Richard Steele . Orrery . The noble commentator who appears in another instance to have given an account of the works of his author , from a perufal of no more than a title † in the Dublin editions , has ...
... answer to the Crifis , by Sir Richard Steele . Orrery . The noble commentator who appears in another instance to have given an account of the works of his author , from a perufal of no more than a title † in the Dublin editions , has ...
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... answer it . I con- fefs I was at firft of the fame opinion with several good judges , who , from the ftyle and manner , fuppofe it to have iffued from the fharp pen of the Earl of Notting- ham ; and I ain ftill apt to think it might ...
... answer it . I con- fefs I was at firft of the fame opinion with several good judges , who , from the ftyle and manner , fuppofe it to have iffued from the fharp pen of the Earl of Notting- ham ; and I ain ftill apt to think it might ...
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... answer , and where the dulnefs and abfurdities will not deferve one ? By his pretending to have always maintained an in- violable refpect to the clergy , he would infinuate , that thofe papers among the Tatlers and Spectators , where ...
... answer , and where the dulnefs and abfurdities will not deferve one ? By his pretending to have always maintained an in- violable refpect to the clergy , he would infinuate , that thofe papers among the Tatlers and Spectators , where ...
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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*.