The Works ...: With the Author's Life and Character, Notes [etc.] In Eight Volumes, Volume 2A. Donaldson, 1761 - English literature |
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... house of Commons ; and was published during the recefs of parliament in the fummer of 1701 , with a view to engage them in milder mea- fure when they should meet again . As this time Lewis XIV . was making large ftrides towards u ...
... house of Commons ; and was published during the recefs of parliament in the fummer of 1701 , with a view to engage them in milder mea- fure when they should meet again . As this time Lewis XIV . was making large ftrides towards u ...
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... houses ; and allowing one man to every houfe , who could have any fhare in the government , ( the reft confifling of women , chil- dren , and fervants ) , and inaking other obvious abate- ments , these tyrants , if they had been careful ...
... houses ; and allowing one man to every houfe , who could have any fhare in the government , ( the reft confifling of women , chil- dren , and fervants ) , and inaking other obvious abate- ments , these tyrants , if they had been careful ...
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... house of commons , fhould be of univerfal obligation ; nay , in time the me- thod of enacting laws was wholly inverted ; for whereas the fenate ufed of old to confirm the plebifcita , the peo- ple did at laft , as they pleased , confirm ...
... house of commons , fhould be of univerfal obligation ; nay , in time the me- thod of enacting laws was wholly inverted ; for whereas the fenate ufed of old to confirm the plebifcita , the peo- ple did at laft , as they pleased , confirm ...
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... house of Commons to lofe the univerfal favour of the numbers they represent ; to observe , how thofe whom they thought fit to perfecute for righteouf- nefs fake , have been openly careffed by the people ; and to remember how themselves ...
... house of Commons to lofe the univerfal favour of the numbers they represent ; to observe , how thofe whom they thought fit to perfecute for righteouf- nefs fake , have been openly careffed by the people ; and to remember how themselves ...
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... house of Lords , mention is made of a motion to diffolve the union , which did not happen till 1713 The complaint , which is faid in the note to happen upon the + See the note on Voyage to Brobdingnag , chap . 6. vol . 4 . VOL . II . E ...
... house of Lords , mention is made of a motion to diffolve the union , which did not happen till 1713 The complaint , which is faid in the note to happen upon the + See the note on Voyage to Brobdingnag , chap . 6. vol . 4 . VOL . II . E ...
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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*.