The Works ...: With the Author's Life and Character, Notes [etc.] In Eight Volumes, Volume 2A. Donaldson, 1761 - English literature |
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... give up what we cannot fairly difown , to the se- verity of critics , the malice of perfonal enemies , and the indulgence of friends . We are forry for the fatire interfperfed in fome of these pieces upon a few people , from whom the ...
... give up what we cannot fairly difown , to the se- verity of critics , the malice of perfonal enemies , and the indulgence of friends . We are forry for the fatire interfperfed in fome of these pieces upon a few people , from whom the ...
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... give them up ; therefore merely to divert that difficulty , and the confequences of it , he was forced to engage his coun- try in the Peloponnefian war , the longest that ever was known in Greece , and which ended in the utter ruin of ...
... give them up ; therefore merely to divert that difficulty , and the confequences of it , he was forced to engage his coun- try in the Peloponnefian war , the longest that ever was known in Greece , and which ended in the utter ruin of ...
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... Alexander and his captains , the Athe- nians were offered an opportunity of recovering their liberty , and being restored to their foriner state ; but the the wife turn they thought to give the matter , 24 CONTESTS AND DISSENSIONS.
... Alexander and his captains , the Athe- nians were offered an opportunity of recovering their liberty , and being restored to their foriner state ; but the the wife turn they thought to give the matter , 24 CONTESTS AND DISSENSIONS.
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... give the matter , was by an impeachment and facrifice of the author , to hinder the fuccefs . For , after the destruction of Thebes by Alexander , this prince defigning the conqueft of Athens , was prevented by Phocion * the Athenian ...
... give the matter , was by an impeachment and facrifice of the author , to hinder the fuccefs . For , after the destruction of Thebes by Alexander , this prince defigning the conqueft of Athens , was prevented by Phocion * the Athenian ...
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... give their votes for making laws , and to advise upon entering on a war . But the two former of thefe popu- lar privileges were to be confirmed by authority of the fenate ; and the laft was only permitted at the King's pleasure . This ...
... give their votes for making laws , and to advise upon entering on a war . But the two former of thefe popu- lar privileges were to be confirmed by authority of the fenate ; and the laft was only permitted at the King's pleasure . This ...
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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*.