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... just as much right to do one as the other . Can the wretched name of king , the empty title of republic , or the ridiculous pageantry of a court , be thought equivalent to the calamities to which the miserable Poles are every day ...
... just as much right to do one as the other . Can the wretched name of king , the empty title of republic , or the ridiculous pageantry of a court , be thought equivalent to the calamities to which the miserable Poles are every day ...
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... Just before he was turned off , he made a fhort fpeech to the fpecta- tors , exhorting them to take warn- ing by his untimely end . He was a moit confummate villain , and had ruined many families . 12th . At the quarter - feffions at ...
... Just before he was turned off , he made a fhort fpeech to the fpecta- tors , exhorting them to take warn- ing by his untimely end . He was a moit confummate villain , and had ruined many families . 12th . At the quarter - feffions at ...
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... Just as the fheriffs had declared Mr. Wilkes duly elected , they received a kind of protest against- the legality of the election , in a letter from Mr. Dingley ; but , as no perfon had been found hardy enough to propofe that gentleman ...
... Just as the fheriffs had declared Mr. Wilkes duly elected , they received a kind of protest against- the legality of the election , in a letter from Mr. Dingley ; but , as no perfon had been found hardy enough to propofe that gentleman ...
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... just com- plaints , and to grant them fuch re- lief as in your majesty's known wif- dom and juftice fhall feem meet . " After which , his lordship pre- fented the petition to his majefty ; but the king made no answer , and immediately ...
... just com- plaints , and to grant them fuch re- lief as in your majesty's known wif- dom and juftice fhall feem meet . " After which , his lordship pre- fented the petition to his majefty ; but the king made no answer , and immediately ...
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... just as he had finished it , it fell in , and caught him up to the middle , from which feveral people endeavoured to extricate him , but in vain ; for , the rottennefs of the ground not being able to bear fo much weight , the earth gave ...
... just as he had finished it , it fell in , and caught him up to the middle , from which feveral people endeavoured to extricate him , but in vain ; for , the rottennefs of the ground not being able to bear fo much weight , the earth gave ...
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Página 176 - I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.
Página 260 - If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus.
Página 221 - Every one that flatters thee, Is no friend in misery: Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find: Every man will be thy friend, Whilst thou hast wherewith to spend: But if store of crowns be scant, No man will supply thy want. If that one be prodigal, Bountiful, they will him call. And with such-like flattering, Pity but he were a king.
Página 103 - Thus fullers and dyers find black cloths of equal thickness with white ones, and hung out equally wet, dry in the sun much sooner than the white, being more readily heated by the sun's rays. It is the same before a fire; the heat of which sooner penetrates black stockings than white ones, and so is apt sooner to burn a man's shins.
Página 176 - Angels and ministers of grace defend us! Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damn'd; Bring with thee airs from heav'n, or blasts from hell; Be thy intents wicked or charitable; Thou com'st in such a questionable shape, That I will speak to thee.
Página 236 - With solemn steps and slow, High potentates, and dames of royal birth, And mitred fathers in long order go : Great Edward, with the lilies on his brow From haughty Gallia torn.
Página 276 - Fill the wide circle of the eternal year : Stern winter smiles on that auspicious clime : The fields are florid with unfading prime ; From the bleak pole no winds inclement blow, Mould the round hail, or flake the fleecy snow ; But from the breezy deep the blest inhale The fragrant murmurs of the western gale.
Página 29 - The virtues which he poflefled as a man, have entitled him to greater admiration and praife, than have been beftowed upon the extenfive genius, and fortunate arts of a more capable, but Iefs amiable rival.
Página 253 - tis Cupid's fire : Yet all so fair but speak my moan, Sith nought doth say the heart of stone.
Página 192 - But the king, misled by evil counsellors, or through a seduced heart, hath left his parliament, under God the best assurance of his crown and family. The maintaining of this schism is the ground of this unhappy war on your part, and what sad effects it hath produced in the three kingdoms is visible to all men.