Miscellanies in Prose and VerseS. Fairbrother, 1721 - 279 pages |
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... wife Turn they thought to give the Matter , was by an Impeachment and Sacrifice of the Author , to hinder the Succefs . For , after the Deftruction of Thebes by Alexander , this Prince defigning the Conqueft of Athens , was prevented by ...
... wife Turn they thought to give the Matter , was by an Impeachment and Sacrifice of the Author , to hinder the Succefs . For , after the Deftruction of Thebes by Alexander , this Prince defigning the Conqueft of Athens , was prevented by ...
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... Authority chofe a Succeffor , and a Stranger meerly upon the Fame of his Virtue , without afking the Con- fent of the COMMONS ; which Custom they like- e Y a wife obferved in the two following Kings wife 24 Contests and Diffentions.
... Authority chofe a Succeffor , and a Stranger meerly upon the Fame of his Virtue , without afking the Con- fent of the COMMONS ; which Custom they like- e Y a wife obferved in the two following Kings wife 24 Contests and Diffentions.
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Jonathan Swift. e Y a wife obferved in the two following Kings . But in the Election of Tarquinius Prifcus the fifth King , we first hear mentioned that it was done , Populi impetratâ venia , which indeed was but very reasonable for a ...
Jonathan Swift. e Y a wife obferved in the two following Kings . But in the Election of Tarquinius Prifcus the fifth King , we first hear mentioned that it was done , Populi impetratâ venia , which indeed was but very reasonable for a ...
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... wife Contentions and Struggles for Power , be- tween the Nobles and Commons , lapt up fafely in the Bofom of a Nero and a Caligula , a Tiberius , and a Domitian . LET us now fee from this Deduction of par- ticular Impeachments , and ...
... wife Contentions and Struggles for Power , be- tween the Nobles and Commons , lapt up fafely in the Bofom of a Nero and a Caligula , a Tiberius , and a Domitian . LET us now fee from this Deduction of par- ticular Impeachments , and ...
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... Wife Men , as the worft Title one could fet up ; and made Plato fay , That if all Men were as good as they ought , the Quarrel in a Com- monwealth would be , not as it is now , who fhould be Minifters of State , but who should not be fo ...
... Wife Men , as the worft Title one could fet up ; and made Plato fay , That if all Men were as good as they ought , the Quarrel in a Com- monwealth would be , not as it is now , who fhould be Minifters of State , but who should not be fo ...
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Page 240 - When a Man's Thoughts are clear, the properest Words will generally offer themselves first; and his own Judgment will direct him in what Order to place them, so as they may be best understood.
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Page 104 - ... for of what use is freedom of thought if it will not produce freedom of action ? which is the sole end, how remote soever in appearance, of all objections against Christianity...
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Page 99 - ... for the vulgar. Not that I am in the least of opinion with those who hold religion' to have been the invention of politicians, to keep the lower part of the world in awe by the fear of invisible powers; unless mankind were then very different to what it is now: For I look upon the...
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Page 223 - Triumphant tories, and desponding whigs, Forget their feuds, and join to save their wigs. Box'd in a chair, the beau impatient sits, While spouts run clattering o'er the roof by fits, And ever and anon with frightful din The leather sounds ; he trembles from within.
Page 42 - I should think that the saying, Vox populi vox Dei, ought to be understood of the universal bent and current of a People, not of the bare majority of a few representatives ; which is often procured by little arts, and great industry and application ; wherein those, who engage in the pursuits of malice and revenge, are much more sedulous than such as would prevent them.