The Examiner [and political tractsJ. Johnson, 1801 |
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Side 20
... means engage in so un- equal a combat ; but , as far as I can judge of my own temper , entirely dismiss him for the future ; heartily wishing he had a match exactly of his own size to meddle with , who should only have the odds of truth ...
... means engage in so un- equal a combat ; but , as far as I can judge of my own temper , entirely dismiss him for the future ; heartily wishing he had a match exactly of his own size to meddle with , who should only have the odds of truth ...
Side 39
... means be restored to its former state , and hardly recover itself at all , under many years , " and by a long succession of good governors . " While 66 66 66 D 4 " While this man governed in that island , the N ° 17 . 39 THE EXAMINER .
... means be restored to its former state , and hardly recover itself at all , under many years , " and by a long succession of good governors . " While 66 66 66 D 4 " While this man governed in that island , the N ° 17 . 39 THE EXAMINER .
Side 46
... means , with the blessing of God , to extricate ourselves out of all our difficulties . Among those who are pleased to write or talk against this paper , I have observed a strange manner of reasoning , which I should be glad to hear ...
... means , with the blessing of God , to extricate ourselves out of all our difficulties . Among those who are pleased to write or talk against this paper , I have observed a strange manner of reasoning , which I should be glad to hear ...
Side 49
... mean while , it is a little hard to think , that this island can hold but six men , of honesty and ability enough to serve their prince and country ; or that our safety should depend upon their credit , any more than it would upon the ...
... mean while , it is a little hard to think , that this island can hold but six men , of honesty and ability enough to serve their prince and country ; or that our safety should depend upon their credit , any more than it would upon the ...
Side 51
... means to reconcile us . But I am apt to think , that men of great genius , are hardly brought to prostitute their pens in a very odious cause ; which , besides , is more properly undertaken by noise and impudence , by gross railing and ...
... means to reconcile us . But I am apt to think , that men of great genius , are hardly brought to prostitute their pens in a very odious cause ; which , besides , is more properly undertaken by noise and impudence , by gross railing and ...
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Side 410 - An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown, and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject...
Side 168 - The two houses of parliament, in an address to the queen, declared their belief, that Mr. Harley's fidelity to her majesty, and zeal for her service, had drawn upon him the hatred of all the abettors of popery and faction*.
Side 72 - Faith to be agreed upon as aforesaid; and such who profess faith in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ His eternal Son, the true God, and in the Holy Spirit, God co-equal with the Father and the Son, one God blessed for ever, and do acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be the revealed Will and Word of God...
Side 63 - And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
Side 13 - ... a reasonable honest man, of either side, upon those opinions in religion and government, which both parties daily buffet each other about, he shall hardly find one material point in difference between them.
Side 29 - I have therefore since thought of another expedient, frequently practised with great safety and success by satirical writers; which is, that of looking into history for some character bearing a resemblance to the person we would describe; and, with the absolute power of altering, adding, or suppressing what circumstances we please, I conceive we must have very bad luck, or very little skill, to fail.
Side 3 - But although the devil be the father of lies, he seems, like other great inventors, to have lost much of his reputation, by the continual improvements that have been made upon him.
Side 107 - Socinian : he has never conversed with T[o]l[a]nd, to open and enlarge his thoughts, and dispel the prejudices of education ; nor was he ever able to arrive at that perfection of gallantry, to ruin and imprison the husband, in order to keep the wife without disturbance.1 The present l[or]d st[ewa]rd...
Side 315 - ... been unjustly taken from them; to revenge some injury they have received, which all political casuists allow; to assist some ally in a just quarrel; or, lastly, to defend themselves when they are invaded.
Side 356 - With these measures fell in all that set of people, who are called the monied men ; such as had raised vast sums by trading with stocks and funds, and lending upon great interest and premiums ; whose perpetual harvest is war, and whose beneficial way of traffic must very much decline by a peace.