Fugitive Pieces on Various Subjects: A vindication of natural societyRobert Dodsley J. Dodsley, 1771 |
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... scarce a Third of the Troops employed in the Expedition ; an Expedition , which at this rate must have coft two Millions of Souls on her part ; and it is not unreasonable to judge that the Country which was the Seat of War must have ...
... scarce a Third of the Troops employed in the Expedition ; an Expedition , which at this rate must have coft two Millions of Souls on her part ; and it is not unreasonable to judge that the Country which was the Seat of War must have ...
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... Scarce any Part of the World is exempted from its Power . And in those few Places where Men enjoy what they call Liberty , it is con- tinually in a tottering Situation , and makes greater and greater Strides to that Gulph of Defpotifm ...
... Scarce any Part of the World is exempted from its Power . And in those few Places where Men enjoy what they call Liberty , it is con- tinually in a tottering Situation , and makes greater and greater Strides to that Gulph of Defpotifm ...
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... scarce a ra- tional Man in Europe , that would not prefer 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 such a Govern- ment ; we have ...
... scarce a ra- tional Man in Europe , that would not prefer 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 such a Govern- ment ; we have ...
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... scarce ever had a Parliament which knew , when it attempted to fet Limits to the Royal Authority , how to fet Limits to its own , Evils we have had continually calling for Reformation , and Reformations more grievous than any Evils ...
... scarce ever had a Parliament which knew , when it attempted to fet Limits to the Royal Authority , how to fet Limits to its own , Evils we have had continually calling for Reformation , and Reformations more grievous than any Evils ...
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... that those who labour not at all , have the greatest Number of En- joyments . A Conftitution of Things this , ftrange and ridiculous beyond Expreffion . We scarce be- lieve lieve a Thing when we are told it , which 66 A VINDICATION.
... that those who labour not at all , have the greatest Number of En- joyments . A Conftitution of Things this , ftrange and ridiculous beyond Expreffion . We scarce be- lieve lieve a Thing when we are told it , which 66 A VINDICATION.
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Página 265 - ... 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 266 - England, being carefully selected for this service, were bringing dinner, twelve trumpets and two kettle-drums made the hall ring for half an hour together. 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 141 - Weep, thou father of Morar! weep; but thy son heareth thee not. Deep is the sleep of the dead; low their pillow of dust. No more shall he hear thy voice; no more awake at thy call.
Página 263 - Queen, in the sixty-fifth year of her age, as we were told, very majestic; her face oblong, fair, but wrinkled; her eyes small, yet black and pleasant; her nose a little hooked; her lips narrow, and her teeth black (a defect the English seem subject to, from their too great use of sugar...
Página 135 - To Colma they give no reply. Speak to me: I am alone! My soul is tormented with fears! Ah! they are dead! Their swords are red from the fight. O my brother! my brother! why hast thou slain my Salgar? why, O Salgar!
Página 259 - Fresh ones are immediately supplied in the place of those that are wounded or tired. To this entertainment there often follows that of whipping a blinded bear, which is performed by five or six men, standing circularly, with whips, which they exercise upon him without any mercy, as he cannot escape from them because of his chain.
Página 139 - RYNO The wind and the rain are past: calm is the noon of day. The clouds are divided in heaven. Over the green hills flies the inconstant sun.
Página 274 - ... low condition. While the rest are at dinner or supper in a great hall, where they are all assembled, one of the students reads aloud the Bible, which is placed on a desk in the middle of the hall, and this office every one of them takes upon himself in his turn. As soon as grace is said after each meal, every one is at liberty either to retire to his own chambers or to walk in the College garden, there being none that has not a delightful one.
Página 321 - He died in his eighty-first year, on July 14, 1714. By his will he left a very fine library, of his own collection, for the use of the public, with a fund to maintain it ; and whatever should remain over, to the poor.
Página 138 - Alone, on the sea-beat rock, my daughter was heard to complain; frequent and loud were her cries. What could her father do? All night I stood on the shore : I saw her by the faint beam of the moon.