The British Plutarch [by T. Mortimer].Samuel Archer, 1808 |
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... friends earnestly pressed him not to re- fuse a station , wherein he might do his country such signal service , as in the education of the duke of Gloucester . Being at length prevailed on , he waited on the king at Windsor , and ...
... friends earnestly pressed him not to re- fuse a station , wherein he might do his country such signal service , as in the education of the duke of Gloucester . Being at length prevailed on , he waited on the king at Windsor , and ...
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... friends love him too well to see small faults ; or if they do , think that his greater talents give him a privilege of straying from the strict rules of caution , and exempt him from the ordinary rules of censure . He produces so fast ...
... friends love him too well to see small faults ; or if they do , think that his greater talents give him a privilege of straying from the strict rules of caution , and exempt him from the ordinary rules of censure . He produces so fast ...
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... friends of his ; and treat- ed all parties with candour and respect . There is no doubt that the duke felt some inward disquiet , though he shewed no outward concern , at least for himself : but when the earl of Galway was indecently ...
... friends of his ; and treat- ed all parties with candour and respect . There is no doubt that the duke felt some inward disquiet , though he shewed no outward concern , at least for himself : but when the earl of Galway was indecently ...
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... friend of , and most beloved by Mr. St. John . The friends and dependants of the new ministry in the libels of the day , attempted to charge the horrid deed on the whig party , who had lately been dismissed from all public employ ...
... friend of , and most beloved by Mr. St. John . The friends and dependants of the new ministry in the libels of the day , attempted to charge the horrid deed on the whig party , who had lately been dismissed from all public employ ...
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... friend and companion in private life . He died in the year 1727 , and left a son , who succeeded him in his honors and estate ... friends , on the contrary , by pourtraying him as an angel , call in question their own integrity , and the ...
... friend and companion in private life . He died in the year 1727 , and left a son , who succeeded him in his honors and estate ... friends , on the contrary , by pourtraying him as an angel , call in question their own integrity , and the ...
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Page 157 - ... truth. He has dissipated the prejudice that had long connected gaiety with vice, and easiness of manners with laxity of principles. He has restored virtue to its dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation of literary character, " above all Greek, above all Roman fame.
Page 157 - ... though his station made him conspicuous, and his activity made him formidable, the character given him by his friends was never contradicted by his enemies: of those, with whom interest or opinion united him, he had not only the esteem, but the kindness; and of others, whom the violence of opposition drove against him, though he might lose the love, he retained the reverence.
Page 6 - If the plaintiff has a right, he must of necessity have a means to vindicate and maintain it, and a remedy if he is injured in the exercise or enjoyment of it; and indeed it is a vain thing to imagine a right without a remedy; for want of right and want of remedy are reciprocal.
Page 288 - A bill for regulating elections within the city of London, and for preserving the peace, good order, and government of the said city.
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Page 432 - Those aims alone are worthy of spirits truly great ; and such I therefore hope will be yours. Resentment indeed may remain, perhaps cannot be quite extinguished in the noblest minds; but revenge never will harbour there ; higher principles than those of the first, and better principles than those of the latter, will infallibly influence men whose thoughts and whose hearts are enlarged, and cause them to prefer the whole to any part of mankind, especially to so small a part as one's single self. Believe...
Page 65 - ... tis a soul like thine, a soul supreme, in each hard instance tried, above all pain, all passion and all pride, the rage of power, the blast of public breath, the lust of lucre and the dread of death.
Page 466 - And what if the Pretender should Come ? or, some Considerations of the Advantages and real Consequences of the Pretender's possessing the Crown of Great Britain.
Page 330 - I must look upon this bill as a most dangerous encroachment upon liberty in general. Nay, farther, my lords, it is not only an encroachment upon liberty, but it is likewise an encroachment upon property. Wit, my...