Miscellanies in Prose and VerseJohn Morphew, 1711 - 416 páginas |
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... allowing one Man to every Houfe , who could have any Share in the 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 ...
... allowing one Man to every Houfe , who could have any Share in the 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 ...
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... allowing this Right of Impeach- ing to be as inherent as they please : Yet , if the Commons have been per- petually mistaken in the Merits of the Caufes and the Perfons , as well as in the Confequences of fuch Impeachments upon the ...
... allowing this Right of Impeach- ing to be as inherent as they please : Yet , if the Commons have been per- petually mistaken in the Merits of the Caufes and the Perfons , as well as in the Confequences of fuch Impeachments upon the ...
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... allowed to be exempt from feveral Imperfections to which particular Men are fubjected . But I think the Source of most Mistakes and Miscarriages in Matters debated by Publick Affemblies , arifes from the In- fluence of private Perfons ...
... allowed to be exempt from feveral Imperfections to which particular Men are fubjected . But I think the Source of most Mistakes and Miscarriages in Matters debated by Publick Affemblies , arifes from the In- fluence of private Perfons ...
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... allow , that abundance of indi- gefted and abortive , many pernicious and foolish Overtures would arife and flote a few Minutes ; but then they would die and disappear . Be- caufe , this must be faid in behalf of Human kind , that ...
... allow , that abundance of indi- gefted and abortive , many pernicious and foolish Overtures would arife and flote a few Minutes ; but then they would die and disappear . Be- caufe , this must be faid in behalf of Human kind , that ...
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... allows himself to be upon a Level with the reft of Mortals : Here , he follows his own Reason , and his own Way ; and rather affects a Sin- gularity in his Actions and Thoughts , than fervilely to copy either from the wifeft of his ...
... allows himself to be upon a Level with the reft of Mortals : Here , he follows his own Reason , and his own Way ; and rather affects a Sin- gularity in his Actions and Thoughts , than fervilely to copy either from the wifeft of his ...
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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.