The Works ...: With the Author's Life and Character, Notes [etc.] In Eight Volumes, Volum 2A. Donaldson, 1761 |
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Pàgina 7
... Lord- fhip forgot , till it was done by another . In regard to two perfons only we wish our raillery , though ever fo tender , or refentment , though ever fo juft , had not been indulged . We fpeak of Sir John Vanbrugh , who was a man ...
... Lord- fhip forgot , till it was done by another . In regard to two perfons only we wish our raillery , though ever fo tender , or refentment , though ever fo juft , had not been indulged . We fpeak of Sir John Vanbrugh , who was a man ...
Pàgina 10
... Lord Keeper , afterwards Lord Chan- cellor ; Edward Ruffel , Earl of Orford , Lord Treasurer of the Na- vy , and one of the Lords Commiffioners of the Admiralty ; and Charles ning of motion , whether from the head , or.
... Lord Keeper , afterwards Lord Chan- cellor ; Edward Ruffel , Earl of Orford , Lord Treasurer of the Na- vy , and one of the Lords Commiffioners of the Admiralty ; and Charles ning of motion , whether from the head , or.
Pàgina 11
... Lords are parallelled in Athe- nian characters . Hawkef This whole treatife is full of hiftorical knowledge , and excel- lent reflections . It is not mixed with any improper fallies of wit , or any light airs of humour ; and , in point ...
... Lords are parallelled in Athe- nian characters . Hawkef This whole treatife is full of hiftorical knowledge , and excel- lent reflections . It is not mixed with any improper fallies of wit , or any light airs of humour ; and , in point ...
Pàgina 15
... Lords , and Commons . Such was that of Sparta , in its primitive in- ftitution by Lycurgus ; who , obferving the corruptions and depravations to which every of thefe was fubject , compounded his fcheme out of all , fo that it was made ...
... Lords , and Commons . Such was that of Sparta , in its primitive in- ftitution by Lycurgus ; who , obferving the corruptions and depravations to which every of thefe was fubject , compounded his fcheme out of all , fo that it was made ...
Pàgina 22
... Lord Somers . He was the general patron of the literati , and the particular friend of Dr Swift . Orrery . + Earl of Orford . He had been confidered in a manner as Lord High Admiral , the whole affairs of the navy having been committed ...
... Lord Somers . He was the general patron of the literati , and the particular friend of Dr Swift . Orrery . + Earl of Orford . He had been confidered in a manner as Lord High Admiral , the whole affairs of the navy having been committed ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 403 - We are plagued here with an October Club ; that is, a set of above a hundred Parliamentmen of the country, who drink October beer at home, and meet every evening at a tavern near the Parliament, to consult affairs, and drive things on to extremes against the Whigs, to call the old ministry to account, and get off five or six heads.
Pàgina 42 - For, although in their corrupt notions of divine worship, they are apt to multiply their gods; yet their earthly devotion is seldom paid to above one idol at a time of their own creation, whose oar they pull with less murmuring and much more skill, than when they share the lading, or even hold the helm.
Pàgina 399 - ADVICE HUMBLY OFFERED TO -THE MEMBERS OF THE OCTOBER CLUB. In a Letter from a Person of Honour*.