The Works of J. S. ...: Miscellanies in proseG. Faulkner, 1735 |
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... Scales , with whatever is weighed therein . Now confider feveral States in a Neighbourhood : In order to preferve Peace between thefe States , it is neceffa- В 2 ry ry they should be formed into a Ballance , whereof in ATHENS and ROME .
... Scales , with whatever is weighed therein . Now confider feveral States in a Neighbourhood : In order to preferve Peace between thefe States , it is neceffa- В 2 ry ry they should be formed into a Ballance , whereof in ATHENS and ROME .
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... should be equally divided be- tween these three ; for the Ballance may be held by the Weakeft , who by his Address and Conduct , re- moving from either Scale , and adding of his own , may keep the Scales duly poised . Such was that of ...
... should be equally divided be- tween these three ; for the Ballance may be held by the Weakeft , who by his Address and Conduct , re- moving from either Scale , and adding of his own , may keep the Scales duly poised . Such was that of ...
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... poffible for a fingle Perfon to be ; although we should suppose their Number not only to be of four or five Hundred , but above three Thoufand . AGAIN , AGAIN , It is manifeft from what hath been faid Contests and Diffentions.
... poffible for a fingle Perfon to be ; although we should suppose their Number not only to be of four or five Hundred , but above three Thoufand . AGAIN , AGAIN , It is manifeft from what hath been faid Contests and Diffentions.
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... should be removed from their Prefence and Councils for ever . But , they had foon the Wit to recal him ; and to that Action owed the Prefervation of their State by his future Services . For , it must be ftill confeffed in Be- half of ...
... should be removed from their Prefence and Councils for ever . But , they had foon the Wit to recal him ; and to that Action owed the Prefervation of their State by his future Services . For , it must be ftill confeffed in Be- half of ...
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... should now lie in common to the Pretenfions of any Roman what- foever . This , although it failed at prefent , yet af- terwards obtained , and was a mighty Step to the Ruin of the Commonwealth . WHAT I have hitherto faid of Rome , hath ...
... should now lie in common to the Pretenfions of any Roman what- foever . This , although it failed at prefent , yet af- terwards obtained , and was a mighty Step to the Ruin of the Commonwealth . WHAT I have hitherto faid of Rome , hath ...
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Page 236 - ... now handled by every dirty wench, condemned to do her drudgery, and, by a capricious kind of fate, destined to make other things clean, and be nasty itself : at length, worn to the stumps in the...
Page 129 - But if one in twenty should be brought over to true piety by this, or the like methods, and the other nineteen be only hypocrites, the advantage would still be great. Besides, hypocrisy is much more eligible than open infidelity and vice; it wears the livery of religion; it acknowledges her authority, and is cautious of giving scandal.
Page 341 - In other instances it is odd to consider, that for want of common discretion, the very end of good breeding is wholly perverted ; and civility, intended to make us easy, is employed in laying chains and fetters upon us, in debarring us of our wishes, and in crossing our most reasonable desires and inclinations.
Page 190 - ... or encouragement for popular orators; their giving not only the freedom of the city, but capacity for employments, to several towns in Gaul, Spain, and Germany...
Page 236 - Nature sent him into the world strong and lusty, in a thriving condition, wearing his own hair on his head, the proper branches of this reasoning vegetable, until the axe of intemperance has lopped off his green boughs...
Page 97 - It is likewise urged that there are, by computation, in this kingdom above ten thousand parsons, whose revenues added to those of my lords the bishops would suffice to maintain at least two hundred young gentlemen of wit and pleasure and free-thinking, enemies to priestcraft, narrow principles, pedantry, and prejudices; who might be an ornament to the Court and Town. And then again, so great a number of able [bodied] divines might be a recruit to our fleet and armies.
Page 105 - What wonderful productions of wit should we be deprived of, from those whose genius by continual practice hath been wholly turned upon raillery and invectives against religion, and would therefore never be able to shine or distinguish themselves upon any other subject. We are daily complaining of the great decline of wit among us, and would we take away the greatest, perhaps the only topic we have left?
Page 236 - ... his green boughs, and left him a withered trunk: he then flies to art, and puts on a periwig, valuing himself upon an unnatural bundle of hairs, all covered with powder, that never grew on his head ; but now should this our broomstick pretend to enter the scene, proud of those birchen spoils it never bore, and all covered with dust...
Page 251 - When I reflect on this, I cannot conceive you to be human creatures, but a sort of species hardly a degree above a monkey ; who has more diverting tricks than any of you, is an animal less mischievous and expensive, might in time be a tolerable critic in velvet and brocade, and, for aught I know, would equally become them...
Page 76 - I look upon as a greater evil than anarchy itself, as much as a savage is in a happier state of life than a slave at the oar.