The Works ...: With the Author's Life and Character, Notes [etc.] In Eight Volumes, Volum 2A. Donaldson, 1761 |
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Pàgina 19
... himself the guardianship of the laws and chief command in war . He was forced after fome time to leave the Athenians to their own meafures upon account of their feditious temper , which ever continued with them , till the final ...
... himself the guardianship of the laws and chief command in war . He was forced after fome time to leave the Athenians to their own meafures upon account of their feditious temper , which ever continued with them , till the final ...
Pàgina 22
... himself : it was he that raised the Athenians to their greatness at sea , which he thought to be the true and constant intereft of that commonwealth ; and the famous naval victory over the Perfians at Salamis was owing to his conduct ...
... himself : it was he that raised the Athenians to their greatness at sea , which he thought to be the true and constant intereft of that commonwealth ; and the famous naval victory over the Perfians at Salamis was owing to his conduct ...
Pàgina 23
... himself neglected , concludes an epiftle , written in the year 1698 , to Fleetwood Shepherd , Efq ; with thefe three lines . My friend Charles Mountague's preferr'd , Nor would I have it long obferv'd , That one mouse cats while t ...
... himself neglected , concludes an epiftle , written in the year 1698 , to Fleetwood Shepherd , Efq ; with thefe three lines . My friend Charles Mountague's preferr'd , Nor would I have it long obferv'd , That one mouse cats while t ...
Pàgina 29
... himself to gratify the com- mons , and was by them declared and confirmed no longer Protector , but King . This prince first introduced the custom of giving free- dom to fervants , fo as to become citizens of equal pri- vileges with the ...
... himself to gratify the com- mons , and was by them declared and confirmed no longer Protector , but King . This prince first introduced the custom of giving free- dom to fervants , fo as to become citizens of equal pri- vileges with the ...
Pàgina 31
... himself : after whofe death the commons prevailed , and the lands were divided among them . This point was no fooner gained , but new diffenfions began for the plebeians would fain have a law enacted to lay all mens rights and ...
... himself : after whofe death the commons prevailed , and the lands were divided among them . This point was no fooner gained , but new diffenfions began for the plebeians would fain have a law enacted to lay all mens rights and ...
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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*.