A vindication of natural society. Written in the character of a late noble authorJ. Dodsley, 1765 |
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... Mankind from every Species of ARTIFICIAL SOCIETY . In a LETTER to Lord **** : By a late NOBLE WRITER . First Printed in the Year 1756 . VOL . II . 1 B Mey . PREFACE . B EFORE the philofophical Works of Lord Bolingbroke A ...
... Mankind from every Species of ARTIFICIAL SOCIETY . In a LETTER to Lord **** : By a late NOBLE WRITER . First Printed in the Year 1756 . VOL . II . 1 B Mey . PREFACE . B EFORE the philofophical Works of Lord Bolingbroke A ...
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... lity illustrated and inforced ; those who looked for new Helps to Society and Government ; thofe who defired to fee the Characters and Paffions B2 1 Paffions of Mankind delineated ; in fhort , all who [ iii PREFACE. ...
... lity illustrated and inforced ; those who looked for new Helps to Society and Government ; thofe who defired to fee the Characters and Paffions B2 1 Paffions of Mankind delineated ; in fhort , all who [ iii PREFACE. ...
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... Mankind than his Succefs ? I cannot conceive how this fort of Writers propofe to compass the Designs they pretend to have in View , by the Inftruments which they employ . Do they pretend to exalt the Mind of Man , by proving him no ...
... Mankind than his Succefs ? I cannot conceive how this fort of Writers propofe to compass the Designs they pretend to have in View , by the Inftruments which they employ . Do they pretend to exalt the Mind of Man , by proving him no ...
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... Mankind have to the find- ing and exaggerating Faults . The Editor is fatisfied that a Mind which has no Restraint from a Senfe of its own Weakness , of its fubordinate Rank in the Creation , and of the extreme Danger of letting the ...
... Mankind have to the find- ing and exaggerating Faults . The Editor is fatisfied that a Mind which has no Restraint from a Senfe of its own Weakness , of its fubordinate Rank in the Creation , and of the extreme Danger of letting the ...
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... Mankind has used from the Beginning of the World to this Day , in order to alleviate or cure them , has only ferved to introduce new Mischiefs , or to aggravate and inflame the old . Befides this , the Mind of Man itself is too active ...
... Mankind has used from the Beginning of the World to this Day , in order to alleviate or cure them , has only ferved to introduce new Mischiefs , or to aggravate and inflame the old . Befides this , the Mind of Man itself is too active ...
Términos y frases comunes
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.