Miscellanies in Prose and VerseJohn Morphew, 1711 - 416 páginas |
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... Government , 95 AN Argument to prove that the Abolish- ing of Chriftianity in England , may as things now ftand , be attended with fome Inconveniences , and perhaps not Produce thofe many Good Effects pro- To pofed thereby , 152 A ...
... Government , 95 AN Argument to prove that the Abolish- ing of Chriftianity in England , may as things now ftand , be attended with fome Inconveniences , and perhaps not Produce thofe many Good Effects pro- To pofed thereby , 152 A ...
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... Government , as foon as they fall into any Acts of Civil Society , do of themselves divide into three Powers . The first is that of fome one eminent Spirit , who ha- ving fignaliz'd his Valour and Fortune in Defence of his Country , or ...
... Government , as foon as they fall into any Acts of Civil Society , do of themselves divide into three Powers . The first is that of fome one eminent Spirit , who ha- ving fignaliz'd his Valour and Fortune in Defence of his Country , or ...
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... Government of a free State , did immediately ufurp Arbitrary Power , ran into all the Forms of it , had their Guards and Spies , after the Practice of the Tyrants of those Ages , affected Kingly State , destroy'd the Nobles , and ...
... Government of a free State , did immediately ufurp Arbitrary Power , ran into all the Forms of it , had their Guards and Spies , after the Practice of the Tyrants of those Ages , affected Kingly State , destroy'd the Nobles , and ...
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... Power not founded on a Bafis large enough , they admit- ted three thousand into a Share of the Government ; and thus fortified , be- 4 came came the cruelleft Tyranny upon Re- cord . They murder'd 8 Contests and Diffentions.
... Power not founded on a Bafis large enough , they admit- ted three thousand into a Share of the Government ; and thus fortified , be- 4 came came the cruelleft Tyranny upon Re- cord . They murder'd 8 Contests and Diffentions.
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... Government the reft confifting of Women , Chil- dren , and Servants ) and making o- ther obvious Abatements , thefe Ty- rants , if they had been careful to ad- here together , might have been a Ma- jority even of the People Collective ...
... Government the reft confifting of Women , Chil- dren , and Servants ) and making o- ther obvious Abatements , thefe Ty- rants , if they had been careful to ad- here together , might have been a Ma- jority even of the People Collective ...
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Página 385 - Twas Madam, in her grogram gown. Philemon was in great surprise, And hardly could believe his eyes, Amaz'd to see her look so prim ; And she admir'd as much at him. Thus happy in their change of life Were several years this man and wife ; When, on a day, which prov'd their...
Página 175 - ... to display their abilities? What wonderful productions of wit should we be deprived of, from those whose genius by continual practice...
Página 232 - Nature sent him into the world strong and lusty, in a thriving condition, wearing his own hair on his head, the proper branches of this reasoning vegetable, until the axe of intemperance has lopped off his green boughs and left him a withered trunk...
Página 238 - When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.
Página 153 - Parliament, because that was looked upon as a design to oppose the current of the people, which besides the folly of it, is a manifest breach of the fundamental law that makes this majority of opinion the voice of God.
Página 235 - WE have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
Página 356 - So I went to the party suspected, and I found her full of grief; (Now you must know, of all things in the world, I hate a thief). However, I was resolv'd to bring the discourse slily about, Mrs Dukes...
Página 68 - I should think that the saying, Vox populi vox Dei, ought to be understood of the universal bent and current of a People, not of the bare majority of a few representatives ; which is often procured by little arts, and great industry and application ; wherein those, who engage in the pursuits of malice and revenge, are much more sedulous than such as would prevent them.