The Works ...: With the Author's Life and Character, Notes [etc.] In Eight Volumes, Volum 2A. Donaldson, 1761 |
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Pàgina 24
... and his captains , the Athe- nians were offered an opportunity of recovering their liberty , and being restored to their foriner state ; but the the wife turn they thought to give the matter , 24 CONTESTS AND DISSENSIONS.
... and his captains , the Athe- nians were offered an opportunity of recovering their liberty , and being restored to their foriner state ; but the the wife turn they thought to give the matter , 24 CONTESTS AND DISSENSIONS.
Pàgina 25
... turn they thought to give the matter , was by an impeachment and facrifice of the author , to hinder the fuccefs . For , after the destruction of Thebes by Alexander , this prince defigning the conqueft of Athens , was prevented by ...
... turn they thought to give the matter , was by an impeachment and facrifice of the author , to hinder the fuccefs . For , after the destruction of Thebes by Alexander , this prince defigning the conqueft of Athens , was prevented by ...
Pàgina 30
... turns and oc- cafions of revengeful or ambitious men , and to commit fuch exorbitancies as could not end but in the diffolution of the government . Thefe tribunes , a year or two after their institution , kindled great diffenfions ...
... turns and oc- cafions of revengeful or ambitious men , and to commit fuch exorbitancies as could not end but in the diffolution of the government . Thefe tribunes , a year or two after their institution , kindled great diffenfions ...
Pàgina 44
... turn their thoughts to examine how thofe diseases in a ftate are bred , that haften its end ; which would however be a very useful inquiry . For , though we cannot prolong the period of a commonwealth be yond the decree of heaven , or ...
... turn their thoughts to examine how thofe diseases in a ftate are bred , that haften its end ; which would however be a very useful inquiry . For , though we cannot prolong the period of a commonwealth be yond the decree of heaven , or ...
Pàgina 66
... turn to kick . He begins his preface with fuch an account of the ori- ginal of power , and the nature of civil inftitutions , as I am confident was never once imagined by any writer up- on government , from Plato to Mr Locke . Give me ...
... turn to kick . He begins his preface with fuch an account of the ori- ginal of power , and the nature of civil inftitutions , as I am confident was never once imagined by any writer up- on government , from Plato to Mr Locke . Give me ...
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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*.