Lacon; Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think. From the 8th London EdLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823 - 267 pages |
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... liberty of transposing the words , by saying , " God bless the king , and save the dinner . " " And it shall be saved , " said the monarch . LXXII . IT is not so difficult to fill a comedy with good re- partee , as might be at first ...
... liberty of transposing the words , by saying , " God bless the king , and save the dinner . " " And it shall be saved , " said the monarch . LXXII . IT is not so difficult to fill a comedy with good re- partee , as might be at first ...
Page 66
... liberty as they deserve , and no more . But it is evident this observation ap- plies only to those nations that are strong enough to main- tain their independence ; because a country may be over- whelmed by a powerful neighbour , as ...
... liberty as they deserve , and no more . But it is evident this observation ap- plies only to those nations that are strong enough to main- tain their independence ; because a country may be over- whelmed by a powerful neighbour , as ...
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... liberty ; Germany , in as much as she seems to merit freedom the most , will probably first attain it ; but not by assassination ; for power will use the dungeon , when despair uses the dagger . In England , we enjoy quite as much liberty ...
... liberty ; Germany , in as much as she seems to merit freedom the most , will probably first attain it ; but not by assassination ; for power will use the dungeon , when despair uses the dagger . In England , we enjoy quite as much liberty ...
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... liberty is the highest blessing that a nation can enjoy ; that it must be first deserved before it can be enjoyed , and that it is the truest interest of the prince , no less than of the people , to employ all just and honest means that ...
... liberty is the highest blessing that a nation can enjoy ; that it must be first deserved before it can be enjoyed , and that it is the truest interest of the prince , no less than of the people , to employ all just and honest means that ...
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... Liberty was more effectually befriended by the dissimula- tion of one Brutus , than by the dagger of the other . But such precedents are to be adopted but rarely , and more rarely to be advised . For a Cromwell is a much more com- mon ...
... Liberty was more effectually befriended by the dissimula- tion of one Brutus , than by the dagger of the other . But such precedents are to be adopted but rarely , and more rarely to be advised . For a Cromwell is a much more com- mon ...
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