The Free-holder. Or Political EssaysJ. and R. Tonson and S. Draper in the Strand., 1751 - 316 من الصفحات |
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... moft glory in , and what moft effectually calls to my mind the Happiness of that Government under which I live . As a British Free - Holder , I fhould not fcruple taking place of a French Marquis ; and when I fee one of my Countrymen ...
... moft glory in , and what moft effectually calls to my mind the Happiness of that Government under which I live . As a British Free - Holder , I fhould not fcruple taking place of a French Marquis ; and when I fee one of my Countrymen ...
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... moft juft and equita- ble . As he hath the Character of being the most prudent in laying proper Schemes ; He is no less remarkable for being steady in accomplishing what He has once concerted . Indeed , if we look into the Hiftory of ...
... moft juft and equita- ble . As he hath the Character of being the most prudent in laying proper Schemes ; He is no less remarkable for being steady in accomplishing what He has once concerted . Indeed , if we look into the Hiftory of ...
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... moft powerful Perfons , that ever ftood next Heir to the Throne of Great - Britain . The Dutchy of Bremen , and the Bishoprick of Ofna- burg , have confiderably ftrengthened his Interefts in the Empire , and given a great additional ...
... moft powerful Perfons , that ever ftood next Heir to the Throne of Great - Britain . The Dutchy of Bremen , and the Bishoprick of Ofna- burg , have confiderably ftrengthened his Interefts in the Empire , and given a great additional ...
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... moft ex- cellent Sermon . Our Chaplain infifted prin- cipally upon two Heads . Under the first he proved to us , that the Breach of publick Oaths is no Perjury : And under the Second , • expounded to us the Nature of Non - Resistance ...
... moft ex- cellent Sermon . Our Chaplain infifted prin- cipally upon two Heads . Under the first he proved to us , that the Breach of publick Oaths is no Perjury : And under the Second , • expounded to us the Nature of Non - Resistance ...
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... moft pathetick manner , to purge the Land by Wholfom Severities , and to propagate Sound Principles by Fire and Sword . We fet forward the next Day towards our Friends at • Kelfo ; and by the way had like to have loft our • General ...
... moft pathetick manner , to purge the Land by Wholfom Severities , and to propagate Sound Principles by Fire and Sword . We fet forward the next Day towards our Friends at • Kelfo ; and by the way had like to have loft our • General ...
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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.