Letters Concerning the English NationL. Davis and C. Reymers; R. Baldwin, and S. Crowder and Company, 1760 - 255 sivua |
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... queries of his friend . Be this as it will , ' twas thought that the moft natural order in which they could be placed , would be that of their re- A 3 spective spective dates . Several particulars which are mentioned in them PREFACE .
... queries of his friend . Be this as it will , ' twas thought that the moft natural order in which they could be placed , would be that of their re- A 3 spective spective dates . Several particulars which are mentioned in them PREFACE .
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Voltaire. spective dates . Several particulars which are mentioned in them make it neceffary for us to obferve , that they were written between the latter end of 1728 , and about 1731. The only thing that can be regretted on this ...
Voltaire. spective dates . Several particulars which are mentioned in them make it neceffary for us to obferve , that they were written between the latter end of 1728 , and about 1731. The only thing that can be regretted on this ...
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... several American merchants came and peopled this colony . The natives of the country , inftead of flying into the woods , cultivated , by infenfible degrees , a friendship with the peaceable Quakers . They lov'd thefe foreigners as much ...
... several American merchants came and peopled this colony . The natives of the country , inftead of flying into the woods , cultivated , by infenfible degrees , a friendship with the peaceable Quakers . They lov'd thefe foreigners as much ...
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... several privileges they poffefs at this time . Pen having at last feen Quakerifm firmly establifh'd in his native country , went back to Penfilvania . His own people and the Americans receiv'd him with tears of joy , as tho ' he had ...
... several privileges they poffefs at this time . Pen having at last feen Quakerifm firmly establifh'd in his native country , went back to Penfilvania . His own people and the Americans receiv'd him with tears of joy , as tho ' he had ...
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... several privileges they poffefs at this time . Pen having at laft feen Quakerifm firmly eftab'd in his native country , went back His own people and the him with tears of joy , a father who was retu dren . All the law obferv'd in hi ...
... several privileges they poffefs at this time . Pen having at laft feen Quakerifm firmly eftab'd in his native country , went back His own people and the him with tears of joy , a father who was retu dren . All the law obferv'd in hi ...
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Sivu 171 - And screen'd in shades from day's detested glare, She sighs for ever on her pensive bed, Pain at her, side, and Megrim at her head.
Sivu 139 - Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
Sivu 149 - He spoke of his works as of trifles that were beneath him ; and hinted to me, in our first conversation, that I should visit him upon no other foot than that of a gentleman, who led a life of plainness and simplicity.
Sivu 170 - For, that sad moment, when the sylphs withdrew, And Ariel weeping from Belinda flew, Umbriel, a dusky, melancholy sprite, As ever sullied the fair face of light, Down to the central earth, his proper scene, Repair'd to search the gloomy cave of Spleen.
Sivu 18 - ... is both to God and man : If after all these warnings and advertisements, thou dost not turn unto the Lord with all thy heart, but forget him, who remembered thee in thy distress, and give up thyself to follow lust and vanity; surely great will be thy condemnation.
Sivu 136 - No Traveller returns) puzzles the Will ; And makes us rather bear thofe Ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not of. Thus...
Sivu 148 - He was infirm and come to the verge of life when I knew him. Mr. Congreve had one defect, which was his entertaining too mean an idea of his first profession (that of a writer), though it was to this he owed his fame and fortune.
Sivu 18 - Against which snare as well as the temptation of those that may or do feed thee, and prompt thee to evil, the most excellent and prevalent remedy will be, to apply thyself to that Light of Christ, which shineth in thy...
Sivu 135 - To be, or not to be : that is the queftion— — — Whether 'tis nobler in the mind, to fuffer The flings and arrows of outragious fortune j Or to take arms againft a fea of troubles, * And by oppofing end them.
Sivu 171 - She sighs for ever on her pensive bed, Pain at her side, and Megrim at her head. Two handmaids wait the throne: alike in place, But differing far in figure and in face.