The Works ...: With the Author's Life and Character, Notes [etc.] In Eight Volumes, Volume 2A. Donaldson, 1761 - English literature |
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... use of the whole power ; that is , to declare an opinion to be law , which has always been contested , or perhaps never started at all before fuch an incident brought it on the stage . Not to confent to the enacting of fuch a law ...
... use of the whole power ; that is , to declare an opinion to be law , which has always been contested , or perhaps never started at all before fuch an incident brought it on the stage . Not to confent to the enacting of fuch a law ...
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... use . As to Pompey and Cæfar , Plutarch tells us , that their union for pulling down the nobles ( by their credit with the people ) was the caufe of the civil war , which ended in the tyranny of the latter ; both of them in their con ...
... use . As to Pompey and Cæfar , Plutarch tells us , that their union for pulling down the nobles ( by their credit with the people ) was the caufe of the civil war , which ended in the tyranny of the latter ; both of them in their con ...
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... use than as an encouragement to rebel ; but admitted them to the fame privileges with his fubjects of Caftile , particularly to the liberty of trading , and having employments in the Weft Indies , which they never enjoyed before ...
... use than as an encouragement to rebel ; but admitted them to the fame privileges with his fubjects of Caftile , particularly to the liberty of trading , and having employments in the Weft Indies , which they never enjoyed before ...
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... use thofe foolish terms ) , can be of opinion for continuing the war upon the foot it now is , unless he be a gainer by it , or hopes it may occafion fome new turn of affairs at home to the advantage of his party ; or , laftly , unless ...
... use thofe foolish terms ) , can be of opinion for continuing the war upon the foot it now is , unless he be a gainer by it , or hopes it may occafion fome new turn of affairs at home to the advantage of his party ; or , laftly , unless ...
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... use of our fleets and arms for our own defence , we muft fend them abroad for the defence of Portugal . By the thirteenth article we are told what this af- fiftance is which the Portuguese are to give us , and upon what conditions ...
... use of our fleets and arms for our own defence , we muft fend them abroad for the defence of Portugal . By the thirteenth article we are told what this af- fiftance is which the Portuguese are to give us , and upon what conditions ...
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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*.