Letters Concerning the English NationL. Davis and C. Reymers; R. Baldwin, and S. Crowder and Company, 1760 - 255 sivua |
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Sivu ix
... lating to the burning of Altena . We thought proper to infert that letter here , for the use of those who have read the History of Charles the Twelfth in English only . THE 7 མི་ THE CONTENTS . LET . I. On the PREFA C E. ix.
... lating to the burning of Altena . We thought proper to infert that letter here , for the use of those who have read the History of Charles the Twelfth in English only . THE 7 མི་ THE CONTENTS . LET . I. On the PREFA C E. ix.
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... those who scourged him became his first dif- ciples . Being fet at liberty , he ran up and down the country with a dozen profelytes at his heels , ftill declaiming against the clergy , and was whip'd from time to time . Being one day ...
... those who scourged him became his first dif- ciples . Being fet at liberty , he ran up and down the country with a dozen profelytes at his heels , ftill declaiming against the clergy , and was whip'd from time to time . Being one day ...
Sivu 18
... in thy con- " fcience , which neither can nor will flat- " ter thee , nor suffer thee to be at ease in thy fins ; but doth and will deal plainly " and " and faithfully with thee , as those that " 18 LETTERS Concerning.
... in thy con- " fcience , which neither can nor will flat- " ter thee , nor suffer thee to be at ease in thy fins ; but doth and will deal plainly " and " and faithfully with thee , as those that " 18 LETTERS Concerning.
Sivu 19
Voltaire. " and faithfully with thee , as those that " are followers thereof have plainly done . 66 -Thy faithful friend and fubject , Ro- 66 BERT BARCLAY . " A more furprizing circumftance is , that this epistle , written by a private ...
Voltaire. " and faithfully with thee , as those that " are followers thereof have plainly done . 66 -Thy faithful friend and fubject , Ro- 66 BERT BARCLAY . " A more furprizing circumftance is , that this epistle , written by a private ...
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... those owing from the king . Pen was oblig'd to go more than once , and Thee and Thou king Charles and his minifters , in or- der to recover the debt ; and at laft , in- ftead of fpecie , the government invested him with the right and ...
... those owing from the king . Pen was oblig'd to go more than once , and Thee and Thou king Charles and his minifters , in or- der to recover the debt ; and at laft , in- ftead of fpecie , the government invested him with the right and ...
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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.