The Lounger's Common-place Book: Or, Miscellaneous Anecdotes. A Biographic, Political, Literary, and Satirical Compilation: a New Edition, ... in Two Volumes. ...editor, and sold, 1796 |
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... shall 66 no longer groan under inhuman " and blood - thirty tyrants , but 66 every man fhall enjoy the fruits " of his own induftry , without the " intermeddling of hateful collec- tors of the Gabelle . 66 66 66 " I fee plainly that all ...
... shall 66 no longer groan under inhuman " and blood - thirty tyrants , but 66 every man fhall enjoy the fruits " of his own induftry , without the " intermeddling of hateful collec- tors of the Gabelle . 66 66 66 " I fee plainly that all ...
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... shall say or do , or hate or chufe . All conqu'ring love reftrains the warrior's hand , Victorious beauty reigns through- out the world , Armies and navies follow their command , And at their nod the bolts of war are hurl'd . To Tours ...
... shall say or do , or hate or chufe . All conqu'ring love reftrains the warrior's hand , Victorious beauty reigns through- out the world , Armies and navies follow their command , And at their nod the bolts of war are hurl'd . To Tours ...
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... shall without doubt PERISH EVERLASTINGLY . I am convinced that the intricacies of this ecclefiaftic fcale , in which Unity and Polytheifm , tremble on the balance , or alternately kick the beam , has been the cause , joined with the ...
... shall without doubt PERISH EVERLASTINGLY . I am convinced that the intricacies of this ecclefiaftic fcale , in which Unity and Polytheifm , tremble on the balance , or alternately kick the beam , has been the cause , joined with the ...
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... shall suf- " fer everlastingly . Why then " will you encrease my mifery , by " additional fines and whippings ? “ I own that on this fubject , I , do " not think as you do . Your ho- 66 nours will , I hope , forgive me , " if I fpeak a ...
... shall suf- " fer everlastingly . Why then " will you encrease my mifery , by " additional fines and whippings ? “ I own that on this fubject , I , do " not think as you do . Your ho- 66 nours will , I hope , forgive me , " if I fpeak a ...
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... Shall ftrike , with truth's dread holt , each miscreant's name , Who , dead to duty , fenfelefs e'en to fhame , Betray'd his country ; yes , ye faithlefs crew , The Mufes ' vengeance shall your crimes pursue ; Stretch you on Satire's ...
... Shall ftrike , with truth's dread holt , each miscreant's name , Who , dead to duty , fenfelefs e'en to fhame , Betray'd his country ; yes , ye faithlefs crew , The Mufes ' vengeance shall your crimes pursue ; Stretch you on Satire's ...
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Página 203 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much ; Who, born for the Universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Página 222 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Página 149 - This is owing to you ; for you put it into my head by the question you put to me at Chalfont ; which before I had not thought of.
Página 203 - Though equal to all things, for all things unfit; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit; For a patriot too cool; for a drudge disobedient; And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemploy'd, or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor.
Página 204 - As an actor, confess'd without rival to shine ; As a wit, if not first, in the very first line : Yet, with talents like these, and an excellent heart, The man had his failings, a dupe to his art. Like an ill-judging beauty, his colors he spread, And beplaster'd with rouge his own natural red.
Página 203 - Here Cumberland lies, having acted his parts, The Terence of England, the mender of hearts; A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are.
Página 222 - ... and dimensions of misery, depression and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery ; a circumnavigation of charity.
Página 46 - Exert not your curiosity too early : it is in your power to make me grateful on certain terms. I have friends who are faithful ; but they do not bark before they bite.
Página 71 - I see the muddy wave, the dreary shore, The sluggish streams that slowly creep below, Which mortals visit, and return no more. Farewell, ye blooming fields ! ye cheerful plains!
Página 66 - Sir, there is as much evidence for the existence of spirits as against it. You may not believe it, but you cannot deny it.