Essays historical, political and moral; suppl. to Baratariana. By Brutus and Humphrey Search, المجلد 21774 |
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الصفحة vii
... confidence in , and regards for you , by frequent- ly reminding them , not only of your important fervices , but of the wife , unbiaffed choice , that has done them fo much honour . THE Writings of the authors , who now addrefs you , in ...
... confidence in , and regards for you , by frequent- ly reminding them , not only of your important fervices , but of the wife , unbiaffed choice , that has done them fo much honour . THE Writings of the authors , who now addrefs you , in ...
الصفحة 37
... confidence of the people . The agents in that dark work , were mostly attainted , banished or driven into contempt . Time and experience have more and more justified the equity of so doing . But this treacherous compromise hath the Revd ...
... confidence of the people . The agents in that dark work , were mostly attainted , banished or driven into contempt . Time and experience have more and more justified the equity of so doing . But this treacherous compromise hath the Revd ...
الصفحة 40
... confidence in , and ardor to obey the commands of the old Corporal , as they used to call him , are the best encomiums on his general- fhip . Their eloquent dumb fhew , on receiving Swift's friend , the pacific , and justly fufpected ...
... confidence in , and ardor to obey the commands of the old Corporal , as they used to call him , are the best encomiums on his general- fhip . Their eloquent dumb fhew , on receiving Swift's friend , the pacific , and justly fufpected ...
الصفحة 43
... confidence ; no wonder he was obnoxious to the Dean , who in his history says , that Lord Somers , may very deservedly be reputed the head and oracle of the Whig party . Then follows a fnouch at the Revolution , ( which he feldom miffes ...
... confidence ; no wonder he was obnoxious to the Dean , who in his history says , that Lord Somers , may very deservedly be reputed the head and oracle of the Whig party . Then follows a fnouch at the Revolution , ( which he feldom miffes ...
الصفحة 55
... confidence . This fhews he was kept in the dark about many things , for when the Earl was difmiffed , the realons given by the Queen were , —That he neglected all business ; was feldom to be under- food ; that when he did explain ...
... confidence . This fhews he was kept in the dark about many things , for when the Earl was difmiffed , the realons given by the Queen were , —That he neglected all business ; was feldom to be under- food ; that when he did explain ...
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
abuſe adminiſtration affertions againſt Alderman almoſt Anſwer Antenor arbitrary beſt BRUTUS cafe caufe cauſe confequences confidence conftitution corruption court defend defign defire Diffenters Dublin eſtabliſhed fafe faid fame fatire feems fenfe fent fentiments feveral fhall fhew fhould fince fincere fituation fome foon fpeaking freedom friends ftamp act ftand ftate ftrong fubject fuch fuffer fupport furely glorious Revolution Great-Britain happineſs hath himſelf hiſtory honour Houſe HUMPHREY SEARCH intereft Ireland itſelf juft juftice juſt King kingdom laft laſt LETTER likewife Lord Townshend meaſures ment minifters miniftry moft moſt muft muſt never obferve occafion paffed parliament penfion perfons pleaſure pofterity political prefent Prefs principles Proteftant publiſhed raiſed reafon reign religion reprefentatives Revolution ſay ſenſe ſhall ſpirit ſtamp ſtate ſuch Swift thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion Tory truth univerfal uſe virtue Whig whofe writers
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الصفحة 231 - Nothing is so effectual to this purpose as the liberty of the press, by which all the learning, wit, and genius of the nation, may be employed on the side of freedom ; and every one be animated to its defence.
الصفحة 175 - To bring a lover, a lady, and a rival into the fable ; to entangle them in contradictory obligations, perplex them with oppositions of interest, and harass them with violence of desires inconsistent with each other ; to make them meet in rapture, and part in agony ; to fill their mouths with hyperbolical joy and outrageous sorrow; to distress them as nothing...
الصفحة 79 - That this government hath been found, by long experience, to be a great impediment to the perfect reformation and growth of religion, and very prejudicial to the civil state.
الصفحة 120 - I did but prompt the age to quit their clogs By the known rules of ancient liberty, When straight a barbarous noise environs me Of owls and cuckoos, asses, apes, and dogs...
الصفحة 231 - It is apprehended that arbitrary power would steal in upon us were we not careful to prevent its progress, and were there not an easy method of conveying the alarm from one end of the kingdom to the other.
الصفحة 231 - We need not dread, from this liberty, any such ill consequences as followed from the harangues of the popular demagogues of Athens, and tribunes of Rome. A man reads a book or pamphlet alone and coolly. There is none present from whom he can catch the passion by contagion.
الصفحة 15 - What, brother! still in the same state! Still low and creeping! Are you not ashamed, when you behold me, who though lately in a like condition with you, am now become a great river, and shall shortly be able to rival the Danube or the Rhine, provided those friendly rains continue which have favoured my banks, but neglected yours?
الصفحة 131 - to kill and destroy rebels, and their adherents and relievers ; " but also, " to burn, waste, consume and demolish, all the places, towns and houses, where they had been relieved and harboured, with all the corn and hay there; and also to kill and destroy all the male inhabitants capable of bearing arms I " Nor were these sanguinary edicts disregarded.
الصفحة 56 - He was employed, not trusted ; and at the same time he imagined himself a subtile diver, who dexterously shot down into the profoundest regions of politics ; he was suffered only to sound the shallows nearest the shore, and was scarce admitted to descend below the froth at the top. Perhaps the deeper bottoms were too muddy for his inspection...
الصفحة 267 - ... consideration the present state of the province, and determine what is to be done at this difficult and dangerous conjuncture. I need not recount to you the violences which have been committed in this town, nor the declarations which have been made and still subsist, that the act of parliament for granting stamp-duties in the British colonies shall not be executed within this province. The ordinary executive authority of this government is much too weak to contradict...