A Miscellany, Containing Several Tracts on Various Subjects, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1752 - 267 pages |
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Page 38
... no Truth in the common Saying , Money is the Nerves of War and though we may fubfift tolerably for a Time among corrupt Neighbours , yet if ever we have to do with a hardy , temperate , religious have 38 An ESSAY , &
... no Truth in the common Saying , Money is the Nerves of War and though we may fubfift tolerably for a Time among corrupt Neighbours , yet if ever we have to do with a hardy , temperate , religious have 38 An ESSAY , &
Page 42
... say furpaffing , the most corrupt and ruined People , in those very Points of Luxury that ruined them . Our Gaming , our Operas , our Maskerades , are , in fpite of our Debts and Poverty , become the Wonder of our Neighbours . If there ...
... say furpaffing , the most corrupt and ruined People , in those very Points of Luxury that ruined them . Our Gaming , our Operas , our Maskerades , are , in fpite of our Debts and Poverty , become the Wonder of our Neighbours . If there ...
Page 46
... say something of it . And at another Time it will not seem un reasonable , if we confider that it is no more than the wifeft Nations have done before us , that it would spirit up new Arts , employ many Hands , keep the Money circulating ...
... say something of it . And at another Time it will not seem un reasonable , if we confider that it is no more than the wifeft Nations have done before us , that it would spirit up new Arts , employ many Hands , keep the Money circulating ...
Page 47
... say nothing of the French Academy , which is proftituted to meaner Purposes , it hath been the Custom of the Venetian Senate to appoint one of their Order to con- tinue the History of the Republic . This was intro- duced in the ...
... say nothing of the French Academy , which is proftituted to meaner Purposes , it hath been the Custom of the Venetian Senate to appoint one of their Order to con- tinue the History of the Republic . This was intro- duced in the ...
Page 74
... say what he did not really think ; and it had been very eafy to have increafed the Num- ber . But , I am forry , I was obliged to mention any at all , in proof of fo plain and fundamental a Point as that of a national Religion . It is ...
... say what he did not really think ; and it had been very eafy to have increafed the Num- ber . But , I am forry , I was obliged to mention any at all , in proof of fo plain and fundamental a Point as that of a national Religion . It is ...
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Page 40 - Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, And walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, Walking and mincing as they go, And making a tinkling with their feet...
Page 186 - In happy climes, the seat of innocence, Where nature guides and virtue rules, Where men shall not impose for truth and sense The pedantry of courts and schools: There shall be sung another golden age, The rise of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts.
Page 217 - And this is life eternal, that they may know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
Page 40 - Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will discover their secret parts. In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments...
Page 230 - I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and totread them down like the mire of the streets. 7Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so ; but it is in his heart to< destroy and cut off nations not a few.
Page 91 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 52 - Romans, and superior to each of those people in the perfections of the other. Such were our ancestors during their rise and greatness ; but they degenerated, grew servile flatterers of men in power, adopted Epicurean notions, became venal, corrupt, injurious, which drew upon them the hatred of...
Page 121 - Whether money is to be considered as having an intrinsic value, or as being a commodity, a standard, a measure, or a pledge, as is variously suggested by writers ? And whether the true idea of money, as such, be not altogether that of a ticket or counter ? 24. Whether the value or price of things, be not a compounded proportion, directly as the demand, and reciprocally as the plenty ? 25.
Page 121 - Whether the terms crown, livre, pound sterling, &c., are not to be considered as exponents or denominations of such proportion ? And whether gold, silver, and paper, are not tickets or counters for reckoning, recording, and transferring thereof?
Page 84 - But the youth born and brought up in wicked times, without any bias to good from early principle or instilled opinion, when they grow ripe must be monsters indeed. And it is to be feared, that age of monsters is not far off.