The Craftsman, Bind 13

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R. Francklin., 1737
 

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Side 70 - And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
Side 175 - On me, me only, as the source and spring Of all corruption, all the blame lights due; So might the wrath!
Side 108 - By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent...
Side 105 - ... stuff they should talk themselves, or evade the force of what was reasonably said by others. Thus, when one of these cunning creatures was entered into a debate with you, whether it was practicable in the...
Side 39 - ... the British constitution is the tree that bears this fruit, and will continue to bear it, as long as we are careful to fence it in, and trench it round, against the beasts of the field, and the insects of the earth.
Side 105 - ... saying it ; and if you give him credit, laughs in your face, and triumphs that he has deceived you. In a word, a Biter is one who thinks you a fool, because you do not think him a knave.
Side 187 - If they could prove, what they frequently throw out, that every man is a friend to the pretender, who is not a friend to you ; and that he, who objects to your conduct in the...
Side 185 - ... since this is too much to ask of freemen, nay of slaves, if his expectation be not answered, shall he form a lasting division upon such transient motives?
Side 132 - Their ugly printing letters look but like so many rotten tooth drawers ; and yet these rascally operators of the press have got a trick to fasten them again in a few minutes, that they grow as firm a set, and as biting and talkative, as ever. O...
Side 189 - ... place, would pass alone for criminal. He might fall a victim to power; but truth, and reason, and the cause of liberty would fall with him; and he who is buried in their ruins, is happier than he who survives them.

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