The Works ...: With the Author's Life and Character, Notes [etc.] In Eight Volumes, Volume 2A. Donaldson, 1761 - English literature |
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... most ftupid productions , which we can wholly deny . This has been ufually practifed in other countries after a man's deceafe ; which in a great meafure accounts for that manifeft inequality found in the works of the best authors ; the ...
... most ftupid productions , which we can wholly deny . This has been ufually practifed in other countries after a man's deceafe ; which in a great meafure accounts for that manifeft inequality found in the works of the best authors ; the ...
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... most particular regards , and even his dying tender- neffes , are laid open . It has been humorously faid , that fone have fished the very jakes for papers left there by men of wit : but it is no jeft to affirm , that the cabinets of ...
... most particular regards , and even his dying tender- neffes , are laid open . It has been humorously faid , that fone have fished the very jakes for papers left there by men of wit : but it is no jeft to affirm , that the cabinets of ...
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... most faithful fervants from places of the highest truft and dig- nity this expedient , however , had proved ineffectual , and the Commons perfifted in their opposition ; they began by impeach- ing William Bentinck , Earl of Portland ...
... most faithful fervants from places of the highest truft and dig- nity this expedient , however , had proved ineffectual , and the Commons perfifted in their opposition ; they began by impeach- ing William Bentinck , Earl of Portland ...
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... most le- giflators , and to have been followed in most states , whether they have appeared under the name of monar- chies , aristocracies , or democracies : for not to mention the feveral republics of this compofition in Gaul and ...
... most le- giflators , and to have been followed in most states , whether they have appeared under the name of monar- chies , aristocracies , or democracies : for not to mention the feveral republics of this compofition in Gaul and ...
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... most ages and countries : for abfolute power in a particular ftate , is of the fame nature with universal monarchy in feveral states adjoining to each other . So endless and exorbitant are the defires of men , whether confidered in ...
... most ages and countries : for abfolute power in a particular ftate , is of the fame nature with universal monarchy in feveral states adjoining to each other . So endless and exorbitant are the defires of men , whether confidered in ...
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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*.