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... mean and low , and by ap- plauding what is in itself truly great and noble , thus providing for the happinets of ... means recommending it as a worthy paf- fion on the other hand , many charac- ters are discovered as victims to the ...
... mean and low , and by ap- plauding what is in itself truly great and noble , thus providing for the happinets of ... means recommending it as a worthy paf- fion on the other hand , many charac- ters are discovered as victims to the ...
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... means inclined : they were become weary of German mafters , and had a mind to try what market they could make in fome other court ; and , with this view , they fent deputies to offer the im- perial crown , and the kingdom of Italy , to ...
... means inclined : they were become weary of German mafters , and had a mind to try what market they could make in fome other court ; and , with this view , they fent deputies to offer the im- perial crown , and the kingdom of Italy , to ...
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... means . He ferved under our Henry VIII . as a common foldier , at the fiege of Terouenne , for a hundred crowns a day he was bribed to the attempt against Pifa , and bribed to give it over . Ia fhort , no potentate ever undertook to ...
... means . He ferved under our Henry VIII . as a common foldier , at the fiege of Terouenne , for a hundred crowns a day he was bribed to the attempt against Pifa , and bribed to give it over . Ia fhort , no potentate ever undertook to ...
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... means to impeach and ruin each other , apply their genius and talents to the advancement of the national good . For ... mean by giving me thefe titles ? Dem . Lay afide your trafh and mind me . You fhall be a ftatefman and politician to ...
... means to impeach and ruin each other , apply their genius and talents to the advancement of the national good . For ... mean by giving me thefe titles ? Dem . Lay afide your trafh and mind me . You fhall be a ftatefman and politician to ...
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... means of this fecret paflage , and accordingly posted two hundred grenadiers there . One Micha , a Piedmontefe peafant , who had been compelled to ferve as a pioneer , and by Some Account of the Military Aions of the Hereditary Prince ...
... means of this fecret paflage , and accordingly posted two hundred grenadiers there . One Micha , a Piedmontefe peafant , who had been compelled to ferve as a pioneer , and by Some Account of the Military Aions of the Hereditary Prince ...
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Page 270 - But what of that, his friends may say, He had those honours in his day. True to his profit and his pride, He made them weep before he dy'd.
Page 136 - ... elevated above the common rank of mankind. It is faid of him, that there never was a fcholar more humble, a wit more devout, or a man more amiable in fociety.
Page 336 - While we see multitudes passing before us, of whom perhaps not one appears to deserve our notice or excite our sympathy, we should remember, that we likewise are lost in the same throng, that the eye which happens to glance upon us is turned in a moment on him that follows us, and that the utmost which we can reasonably hope or fear, is to fill a vacant hour with prattle and be forgotten.
Page 13 - I have been bullied by an usurper ; I have been neglected by a court ; but I will not be dictated to by a subject : your man shan't stand. " ANNE Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery.
Page 151 - Honours that he could any where enjoy under any other Establishment. You see, Sir, the Doctrines that are lately come into the World, and how far the Phrase has obtained of calling your Royal Father God's Vicegerent, which ill Men have turned both to the Dishonour of God, and the Impeachment of his Majesty's Goodness.
Page 559 - Boyse, reduced to the last extremity of human wretchedness, had not a shirt, a coat, or any kind of apparel, to put on ; the sheets in which he lay were carried to the pawn-broker's, and he was obliged to be confined to his bed with no other covering than a blanket. He had little...
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Page 152 - ... from slavery; from a condition as much below that of brutes, as to act without reason is less miserable than to act against it. Preserve to your future subjects the divine right of being free agents, and to your own royal house the divine right of being their benefactors. Believe me, my Prince, there is no other right can flow from God.
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