The Free-holder. Or Political EssaysJ. and R. Tonson and S. Draper in the Strand., 1751 - 316 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 11
... feveral , who have taken more care of their Perfons , have lived to fill a whole Volume with their military Performances , and to aftonifh the World with fuch Inftances of their Bravery , as had efcaped the Notice of every body elfe ...
... feveral , who have taken more care of their Perfons , have lived to fill a whole Volume with their military Performances , and to aftonifh the World with fuch Inftances of their Bravery , as had efcaped the Notice of every body elfe ...
الصفحة 12
... feveral Grievances of a pri- vate nature , which influenced particular Per- < · < 5 · 6 • ⚫ fons . One of us had fpent his Fortune : Another was a younger Brother : A third had the Incumbrance of a Father upon his Eftate . But that ...
... feveral Grievances of a pri- vate nature , which influenced particular Per- < · < 5 · 6 • ⚫ fons . One of us had fpent his Fortune : Another was a younger Brother : A third had the Incumbrance of a Father upon his Eftate . But that ...
الصفحة 13
... feveral taudry Females , who are known in that Country by the ancient Name of Har- • lots . " < This Sort of Ladies receiv'd us every where with great Demonftrations of Joy , and promised to affift us with their Prayers . Af- ter thefe ...
... feveral taudry Females , who are known in that Country by the ancient Name of Har- • lots . " < This Sort of Ladies receiv'd us every where with great Demonftrations of Joy , and promised to affift us with their Prayers . Af- ter thefe ...
الصفحة 14
... feveral Villages , which we drank dry , making • Proclamation at our Entrance , in the Name of James the Third , against all Concealments of Ale or Brandy . Being very much fatigued with the Action of a whole Week , it was agreed to ...
... feveral Villages , which we drank dry , making • Proclamation at our Entrance , in the Name of James the Third , against all Concealments of Ale or Brandy . Being very much fatigued with the Action of a whole Week , it was agreed to ...
الصفحة 16
... feveral Popish Lords and Gentlemen , who tofted many loyal Healths and Confufions , and wept very plentifully for the Danger of the Church . We fat till Midnight , and at our parting refolved to give the Enemy Battle ; but the next ...
... feveral Popish Lords and Gentlemen , who tofted many loyal Healths and Confufions , and wept very plentifully for the Danger of the Church . We fat till Midnight , and at our parting refolved to give the Enemy Battle ; but the next ...
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الصفحة 201 - The discretion of a man deferreth his anger ; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. 12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion ; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
الصفحة 284 - Not unto us, not unto us, but unto thy name be the praise...
الصفحة 237 - ... of their poets in each nation. The illiterate among our countrymen may learn to judge, from Dryden's Virgil, of the most perfect epic performance : and those parts of Homer, which have already been published by Mr.
الصفحة 126 - The landlord had swelled his body to a prodigious size, and worked up his complexion to a standing crimson by his zeal for the prosperity of the church, which he expressed every hour of the day, as his customers dropt in, by repeated bumpers.
الصفحة 22 - THERE is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their country.
الصفحة 123 - The wrong notions and prejudices which cleave to many of these country gentlemen, who have always lived out of the way of being better informed, are not easy to be conceived by a person who has never conversed with them.
الصفحة 281 - ... it came even to pass as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord ; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good ; for his mercy endureth for ever; that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord...
الصفحة 237 - I am in a particular manner pleased with the labours of those who have improved our language with the translation of old Latin and Greek authors; and by that means let us into the knowledge of what passed in the famous governments of Greece and Rome.
الصفحة 54 - Usurper to let in an Inundation of Foreigners from Abroad and to reduce these Nations to the State of a Province, to one of the most inconsiderable Provinces of the Empire.
الصفحة 162 - It is the duty of an honest and prudent man to sacrifice a doubtful opinion to the concurring judgment of those whom he believes to be well intentioned to their country, and who have better opportunities of looking into all its most complicated interests.