The Manual of Liberty, Or, Testimonies in Behalf of the Rights of Mankind; Selected from the Best Authorities, in Prose and Verse, and Methodically ArrangedH. D. Symonds, 1795 - 406 páginas |
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... prince , or perhaps one day or other to be less than nothing . I am desirous of investing him with a title that cannot be taken from him ; that will in all times and places command respect , and I can tell you , what- ever you may think ...
... prince , or perhaps one day or other to be less than nothing . I am desirous of investing him with a title that cannot be taken from him ; that will in all times and places command respect , and I can tell you , what- ever you may think ...
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... prince's shoul- ders , can the yeomen of his guard ease him of the burthen ? When terrified at the apprehension of death , can the lords of his bed - chamber secure him ? All him ? When jealousy , or any other caprice EQUALITY OF ...
... prince's shoul- ders , can the yeomen of his guard ease him of the burthen ? When terrified at the apprehension of death , can the lords of his bed - chamber secure him ? All him ? When jealousy , or any other caprice EQUALITY OF ...
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... prince shall make " use of his royal authority to subvert them . " We are astonished at the bold and impious at- 66 66 tempts of those men , who , under the reign of " the best of sovereigns , would avow such dan- 66 gerous tenets as ...
... prince shall make " use of his royal authority to subvert them . " We are astonished at the bold and impious at- 66 66 tempts of those men , who , under the reign of " the best of sovereigns , would avow such dan- 66 gerous tenets as ...
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to a prince's ear for which reason the publishers of it have always been the favourites of weak kings . Even those who have no inclination to do hurt to others , says the famous satirist , would have the power of doing it if they ...
to a prince's ear for which reason the publishers of it have always been the favourites of weak kings . Even those who have no inclination to do hurt to others , says the famous satirist , would have the power of doing it if they ...
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... prince is , in the opinion of wise men , only the greatest servant of the nation ; not only a servant to the public in general , but , in some sort , to every man in it . SWIFT . Sermon on Mutual Subjection . THE king is the ...
... prince is , in the opinion of wise men , only the greatest servant of the nation ; not only a servant to the public in general , but , in some sort , to every man in it . SWIFT . Sermon on Mutual Subjection . THE king is the ...
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Página 35 - tis true, this god did shake ; His coward lips did from their colour fly, And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre : I did hear him groan : Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, Alas, it cried, 'Give me some drink, Titinius,
Página 318 - Let it pry through the portage of the head. Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm it. As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swilled with the wild and wasteful ocean.
Página 279 - I'll tell you, friend! a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk Or, cobbler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow, The rest is all but leather or prunella.
Página 41 - They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; That opened not the house of his prisoners?
Página 291 - Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn; Amidst thy bowers the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all thy green : One only master grasps the whole domain, And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain.
Página 39 - Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now ? your gambols ? your songs ? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar?
Página 297 - THE first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying This is mine, and found people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society.
Página 336 - Whilst the authors of all these evils were idly and stupidly gazing on this menacing meteor, which blackened all their horizon, it suddenly burst, and poured down the whole of its contents upon the plains of the Carnatic. Then ensued a scene of woe, the like of which no eye had seen, no heart conceived, and which no tongue can adequately tell.
Página 236 - I smile, And cry, Content, to that which grieves my heart ; And wet my cheeks with artificial tears, And frame my face to all occasions.