The Works ...: With the Author's Life and Character, Notes [etc.] In Eight Volumes, Volume 2A. Donaldson, 1761 - English literature |
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... prince Solon was faid to be descend- ed ; who , finding the people engaged in two violent factions of the poor and the rich , and in great confufion thereupon ;, refiling the monarchy ,, which was offered В 2 him , him , chofe rather to ...
... prince Solon was faid to be descend- ed ; who , finding the people engaged in two violent factions of the poor and the rich , and in great confufion thereupon ;, refiling the monarchy ,, which was offered В 2 him , him , chofe rather to ...
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... prince defigning the conqueft of Athens , was prevented by Phocion * the Athenian general , then ambaffador from that ftate ; who , by his great wif dom and skill at negotiations , diverted Alexander from his defign , and reftored the ...
... prince defigning the conqueft of Athens , was prevented by Phocion * the Athenian general , then ambaffador from that ftate ; who , by his great wif dom and skill at negotiations , diverted Alexander from his defign , and reftored the ...
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... prince in gratitude to the people , by whofe confent he was chofen , elected a hundred fenators out of the commons , whose number , with former additions , was now amounted to three hundred . The people having once difcovered their own ...
... prince in gratitude to the people , by whofe confent he was chofen , elected a hundred fenators out of the commons , whose number , with former additions , was now amounted to three hundred . The people having once difcovered their own ...
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... prince in the neighbour- hood , of vaft power and ambition , lies hovering like a vul- ture to devour , or at least difinember its dying carcafe : by which means it becomes only a province or acquifition to fome mighty monarchy ...
... prince in the neighbour- hood , of vaft power and ambition , lies hovering like a vul- ture to devour , or at least difinember its dying carcafe : by which means it becomes only a province or acquifition to fome mighty monarchy ...
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... prince or state who is guarantee , whatever neceffity may happen in future times . Now , if it be high treason to affirm by writing , that the legiflature hath no fuch power ; and if Mr Steele thinks it ftrange , that Britain fhould be ...
... prince or state who is guarantee , whatever neceffity may happen in future times . Now , if it be high treason to affirm by writing , that the legiflature hath no fuch power ; and if Mr Steele thinks it ftrange , that Britain fhould be ...
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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*.