A vindication of natural society. Written in the character of a late noble authorJ. Dodsley, 1765 |
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... Deaths , and then we fhall fee this Con- queror , the oldeft we have on the Records of Hi- ftory ( though , as we have obferved before , the Chronology of these remote Times is extremely un- certain ) opening the Scene by a Destruction ...
... Deaths , and then we fhall fee this Con- queror , the oldeft we have on the Records of Hi- ftory ( though , as we have obferved before , the Chronology of these remote Times is extremely un- certain ) opening the Scene by a Destruction ...
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... Deaths . Society and Poli- tics , which have given us these destructive Views , have given us also the Means of fatisfying them . From the earliest Dawnings of Policy to this Day , the Invention of Men has been sharpening and im ...
... Deaths . Society and Poli- tics , which have given us these destructive Views , have given us also the Means of fatisfying them . From the earliest Dawnings of Policy to this Day , the Invention of Men has been sharpening and im ...
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... become Victims of his Sufpicions . The flightest Displeasure is Death ; and a difagreeable Afpect is often as great a Crime as High - treafon . In the Court Court of Nero a Perfon of Learning , of unquestioned 36 A VINDICATION.
... become Victims of his Sufpicions . The flightest Displeasure is Death ; and a difagreeable Afpect is often as great a Crime as High - treafon . In the Court Court of Nero a Perfon of Learning , of unquestioned 36 A VINDICATION.
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... Death for no other Reason than that he had a pedantick Countenance which displeased the Emperor . This very Monster of Mankind appeared in the Beginning of his Reign to be a Perfon of Virtue . Many of the greatest Tyrants on the Records ...
... Death for no other Reason than that he had a pedantick Countenance which displeased the Emperor . This very Monster of Mankind appeared in the Beginning of his Reign to be a Perfon of Virtue . Many of the greatest Tyrants on the Records ...
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... Death to Afiatick Defpotifm . Here then we have the Ac- knowledgment of a great Philofopher , that an irre- gular State of Nature is preferable to fuch a Govern- ment ; we have the Consent of all fenfible and gener- ous Men , who carry ...
... Death to Afiatick Defpotifm . Here then we have the Ac- knowledgment of a great Philofopher , that an irre- gular State of Nature is preferable to fuch a Govern- ment ; we have the Consent of all fenfible and gener- ous Men , who carry ...
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Affiftant againſt almoſt ancient anſwered Antonio Magliabechi Baron becauſe befides Biſhop built called Cauſe Church Coffacks Confequences confiderable Connal Copeeks Courſe CRIMORA Cuſtom Czar Czar's Dargo Daughter Defign Duke Duke of Ingria Earl Edward Edward III England faid fame fcarce fecond feems fent ferve feven feveral fhall fhould fince Fingal firft firſt flain fmall fome foon ftill ftrong fuch fufficient Government greateſt Henry VIII Hiftory Hill himſelf Houſe hundred increaſed Infcription Inftitutions itſelf King Kings of England KNEAS laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs Lord Love Mafter Magliabechi Mankind moft moſt muſt Name Nature neceffary Number obferved Occafion Paffions Pariſh Perfons Pleaſure prefent Prince Purpoſe Queen raiſed Reaſon reft rife River Rock Roman Ronnan Rubles ſcarce ſeems ſeveral ſhall ſhe Ships ſmall Society ſpeak Sword thee thefe themſelves theſe Things thofe thoſe thou thouſand Tomb Town Tranflator Underſtanding uſed Weft whofe
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Página 275 - ... kneeled, as the others had done, and placed what was brought upon the table, they too retired with the same ceremonies performed by the first. At last came an unmarried lady (we...
Página 276 - The queen dines and sups alone with very few attendants ; and it is very seldom that any body, foreigner or native, is admitted at that time, and then only at the intercession of somebody in power.
Página 276 - At the end of all this ceremonial a number of unmarried ladies appeared, who, with particular solemnity, lifted the meat off the, table, and conveyed it into the queen's inner and more private chamber, where, after she had chosen for herself, the rest goes to the ladies of the court.
Página 277 - The upper part of it is set round with cisterns of lead, into which the water is conveyed through pipes so that fish may be kept in them, and in summer time they are very convenient for bathing.
Página 150 - Thy voice was a stream after rain, like thunder on distant hills. Many fell by thy arm: they were consumed in the flames of thy wrath. But when thou didst return from war, how peaceful was thy brow! Thy face was like the sun after rain, like the moon in the silence of night; calm as the breast of the lake when the loud wind is laid.
Página 67 - I suppose that there are in Great Britain upwards of an hundred thousand people employed in lead, tin, iron, copper, and coal mines ; these unhappy wretches scarce ever see the light of the sun ; they are buried in the bowels of the earth ; there they work at a severe and dismal task, without the least prospect of being delivered from it ; they subsist upon the coarsest and worst sort of fare ; they have their health miserably impaired, and their lives cut short, by being perpetually confined in...
Página 150 - Thou hast no mother to mourn thee, no maid with her tears of love. Dead is she that brought thee forth. Fallen is the daughter of Morglan.
Página 66 - In a State of Nature, it is an invariable Law, that a Man's Acquisitions are in proportion to his Labours. In a State of Artificial Society, it is a Law as constant and as invariable, that those who labour most, enjoy the fewest Things; and that those who labour not at all, have the greatest Number of Enjoyments.
Página 275 - A gentleman entered the room bearing a rod, and along with him another who had a table-cloth, which, after they had both kneeled three times with the utmost veneration, he spread upon the table, and, after kneeling again, they both retired. Then came two others, one with the rod again, the other with a...
Página 150 - Morar's renown; why did he not hear of his wound? Weep, thou father of Morar! weep; but thy son heareth thee not. Deep is the sleep of the dead; low their pillow of dust.