Letters Concerning the English NationL. Davis and C. Reymers; R. Baldwin, and S. Crowder and Company, 1760 - 255 sider |
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... given a religion to Afia and Africa ; and that Sir Ifaac Newton , Dr. Clark , Mr. Locke , Mr. Le Clerc , & c . the greatest phi- lofophers , as well as the ableft writers of their ages , fhould scarce have been able to raise a little ...
... given a religion to Afia and Africa ; and that Sir Ifaac Newton , Dr. Clark , Mr. Locke , Mr. Le Clerc , & c . the greatest phi- lofophers , as well as the ableft writers of their ages , fhould scarce have been able to raise a little ...
Side 47
... and then judge . name given to a league or party that oppos'd the French miniftry , i . e . Cardinal Mazarine in 1648 . See Rochefocault's Memoirs . LE T- LETTER IX . ΟΝ ΤΗ Ε GOVERNMENT . T HAT the ENGLISH NATION . 47.
... and then judge . name given to a league or party that oppos'd the French miniftry , i . e . Cardinal Mazarine in 1648 . See Rochefocault's Memoirs . LE T- LETTER IX . ΟΝ ΤΗ Ε GOVERNMENT . T HAT the ENGLISH NATION . 47.
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... given gratis to any one who will accept of it ; and whofoever arrives at Paris from the midst of the most remote provinces with money in his purfe , and a name terminating in ac or ille , may ftrut a- bout , and cry , Such a man as Ï ...
... given gratis to any one who will accept of it ; and whofoever arrives at Paris from the midst of the most remote provinces with money in his purfe , and a name terminating in ac or ille , may ftrut a- bout , and cry , Such a man as Ï ...
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... given birth to , I fhall begin with Lord Bacon , Mr. Locke , Sir Ifaac Newton , & c . afterwards the warriors and minifters of ftate fhall come in their order . I. MUST begin with the celebrated vif- count Verulam , known in Europe by ...
... given birth to , I fhall begin with Lord Bacon , Mr. Locke , Sir Ifaac Newton , & c . afterwards the warriors and minifters of ftate fhall come in their order . I. MUST begin with the celebrated vif- count Verulam , known in Europe by ...
Side 70
... given , the lord Bolingbroke was appeal'd to , ( who having been in the oppofite party , might perhaps , without the imputation of indecency , have been allow'd to clear up that matter :) " He was fo " great a man , replied his lordship ...
... given , the lord Bolingbroke was appeal'd to , ( who having been in the oppofite party , might perhaps , without the imputation of indecency , have been allow'd to clear up that matter :) " He was fo " great a man , replied his lordship ...
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Side 171 - And screen'd in shades from day's detested glare, She sighs for ever on her pensive bed, Pain at her, side, and Megrim at her head.
Side 139 - Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
Side 149 - He spoke of his works as of trifles that were beneath him ; and hinted to me, in our first conversation, that I should visit him upon no other foot than that of a gentleman, who led a life of plainness and simplicity.
Side 170 - For, that sad moment, when the sylphs withdrew, And Ariel weeping from Belinda flew, Umbriel, a dusky, melancholy sprite, As ever sullied the fair face of light, Down to the central earth, his proper scene, Repair'd to search the gloomy cave of Spleen.
Side 18 - ... is both to God and man : If after all these warnings and advertisements, thou dost not turn unto the Lord with all thy heart, but forget him, who remembered thee in thy distress, and give up thyself to follow lust and vanity; surely great will be thy condemnation.
Side 136 - No Traveller returns) puzzles the Will ; And makes us rather bear thofe Ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not of. Thus...
Side 148 - He was infirm and come to the verge of life when I knew him. Mr. Congreve had one defect, which was his entertaining too mean an idea of his first profession (that of a writer), though it was to this he owed his fame and fortune.
Side 18 - Against which snare as well as the temptation of those that may or do feed thee, and prompt thee to evil, the most excellent and prevalent remedy will be, to apply thyself to that Light of Christ, which shineth in thy...
Side 135 - To be, or not to be : that is the queftion— — — Whether 'tis nobler in the mind, to fuffer The flings and arrows of outragious fortune j Or to take arms againft a fea of troubles, * And by oppofing end them.
Side 171 - She sighs for ever on her pensive bed, Pain at her side, and Megrim at her head. Two handmaids wait the throne: alike in place, But differing far in figure and in face.