Miscellanies in Prose and VerseS. Fairbrother, 1721 - 279 pages |
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... plain from thofe Examples al- ready produc'd , and eafie to be parallel'd in other Ages and Countries , that they are as capa- ble of Enflaving the Nation , and of Acting all manner of Tyranny and Oppreffion , as it is poffible for a ...
... plain from thofe Examples al- ready produc'd , and eafie to be parallel'd in other Ages and Countries , that they are as capa- ble of Enflaving the Nation , and of Acting all manner of Tyranny and Oppreffion , as it is poffible for a ...
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... plain Force , and chofe Tarquin the Proud , who running into all the Forms and Methods of Ty- ranny , after a cruel Reign was expelled by an univerfal Concurrence of Nobles and People , whom the Miseries of his Reign had recon- ciled ...
... plain Force , and chofe Tarquin the Proud , who running into all the Forms and Methods of Ty- ranny , after a cruel Reign was expelled by an univerfal Concurrence of Nobles and People , whom the Miseries of his Reign had recon- ciled ...
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... plain Reafon , while Men are difengaged from acquired Opinions , will ever have fome general Influence upon their Minds ; whereas the Species of Folly and Vice are infinite , and fo different in every Individual , that they could never ...
... plain Reafon , while Men are difengaged from acquired Opinions , will ever have fome general Influence upon their Minds ; whereas the Species of Folly and Vice are infinite , and fo different in every Individual , that they could never ...
Page 107
... plain , than that by this Expedient , we fhall run into the Evil we chiefly pretend to avoid ; and that the Abolishment of the Christian Ro ligion will be the readieft Course we can take to introduce Popery . And I am the more in ...
... plain , than that by this Expedient , we fhall run into the Evil we chiefly pretend to avoid ; and that the Abolishment of the Christian Ro ligion will be the readieft Course we can take to introduce Popery . And I am the more in ...
Page 114
... plain Matter of Fact without Exaggeration or Satyrs I fuppofe it will be granted , that hardly one in a hundred among our People of Quality or Gen- try , appears to act by any one Principle of Re ligion ; That great Numbers of them do ...
... plain Matter of Fact without Exaggeration or Satyrs I fuppofe it will be granted , that hardly one in a hundred among our People of Quality or Gen- try , appears to act by any one Principle of Re ligion ; That great Numbers of them do ...
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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.
Page 92 - Great wits love to be free with the highest objects, and if they cannot be allowed a God to revile or renounce, they will speak evil of dignities, abuse the Government, and reflect upon the Ministry...
Page 243 - As I take it, the two principal branches of preaching are, first, to tell the people what is their duty, and then to convince them that it is so.
Page 105 - To conclude : whatever some may think of the great advantages to trade by this favourite scheme, I do very much apprehend, that in six months...
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...
Page 223 - Now from all Parts the swelling Kennels flow, And bear their Trophies with them as they go: Filth of all Hues and Odours seem to tell What Street they sail'd from, by their Sight and Smell.
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...
Page 206 - Found his head fill'd with many a system ; But classic authors — he ne'er...
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.