The Works ...: With the Author's Life and Character, Notes [etc.] In Eight Volumes, Volume 2A. Donaldson, 1761 - English literature |
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... true copies , or with any tolerable degree of correctness . We declare , that this collection contains every piece , which in the idleft humour we have written ; not only such as came under our our review or correction ; but many others ...
... true copies , or with any tolerable degree of correctness . We declare , that this collection contains every piece , which in the idleft humour we have written ; not only such as came under our our review or correction ; but many others ...
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... true meaning of a balance of power , either with- out or within a state , is beft conceived by confidering what the nature of a balance is . It fuppofes three things : First , the part which is held , together with the hand that holds ...
... true meaning of a balance of power , either with- out or within a state , is beft conceived by confidering what the nature of a balance is . It fuppofes three things : First , the part which is held , together with the hand that holds ...
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... true interest of their country , as they would affect to be thought ; but seem to be em- ployed like a man , who pulls down with his right hand what he has been building with his left . 3dly , This makes appear the error of those who ...
... true interest of their country , as they would affect to be thought ; but seem to be em- ployed like a man , who pulls down with his right hand what he has been building with his left . 3dly , This makes appear the error of those who ...
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... true and constant intereft of that commonwealth ; and the famous naval victory over the Perfians at Salamis was owing to his conduct . It seems the people obferved fomewhat of haughtiness in his temper and behaviour , and therefore ...
... true and constant intereft of that commonwealth ; and the famous naval victory over the Perfians at Salamis was owing to his conduct . It seems the people obferved fomewhat of haughtiness in his temper and behaviour , and therefore ...
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... true genuine original author , Mr Ridpath , who is celebrated by the Dutch gazetteer as one of the best pens in England . Mr Dun- ton hath been longer and more converlant in books than any of the three , as well as more voluminous in ...
... true genuine original author , Mr Ridpath , who is celebrated by the Dutch gazetteer as one of the best pens in England . Mr Dun- ton hath been longer and more converlant in books than any of the three , as well as more voluminous 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*.