The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: In Thirteen Volumes. ...John Stockdale, opposite Burlington House, Piccadilly., 1787 |
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... merchants of Bristol . A petition was likewise presented by the agent for the fugar islands , in which it was alleged , that if no provifions be imported thither from Britain , they must in one month fuffer the extremities of famine ...
... merchants of Bristol . A petition was likewise presented by the agent for the fugar islands , in which it was alleged , that if no provifions be imported thither from Britain , they must in one month fuffer the extremities of famine ...
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... merchants do not immediately come to a new market . The bill , at leaft , ought not to be paffed without regard to the general welfare of our fellow fubjects , nor without an attentive confi- deration of thofe petitions which have been ...
... merchants do not immediately come to a new market . The bill , at leaft , ought not to be paffed without regard to the general welfare of our fellow fubjects , nor without an attentive confi- deration of thofe petitions which have been ...
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... merchants to other parts of Europe , and fold again for large profit . That this trade is very important appears ... merchant , the shipwright , the manufacturer , with all the fubordinations of employment that depend upon them , all ...
... merchants to other parts of Europe , and fold again for large profit . That this trade is very important appears ... merchant , the shipwright , the manufacturer , with all the fubordinations of employment that depend upon them , all ...
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... merchants of Bristol , of which the juftice and reasonablenefs appears at the firft view to every man ac- quainted with the nature of commerce- How How much the province of South Carolina will be diftreffed 12 [ NOV . 19 , DEBATE ON.
... merchants of Bristol , of which the juftice and reasonablenefs appears at the firft view to every man ac- quainted with the nature of commerce- How How much the province of South Carolina will be diftreffed 12 [ NOV . 19 , DEBATE ON.
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... merchants of Bristol , it ap- pears that there are other reafons of equal force for this indulgence , and that our regard for the inhabitants of that particular province , however neceffary and juft , is not the only motive for ...
... merchants of Bristol , it ap- pears that there are other reafons of equal force for this indulgence , and that our regard for the inhabitants of that particular province , however neceffary and juft , is not the only motive for ...
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Page 306 - Sir, the atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has with such spirit and decency charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny, but content myself with wishing that I may be one of those whose follies may cease with their youth, and not of that number, who are ignorant in spite of experience.
Page 134 - He then moved, that an humble addrefs be prefented to his Majefty, that he will be gracioufly pleafed to give directions that there be laid before this Houle an account of the amount of his Majefty's quit-rents in the feveral provinces of North-America.
Page 306 - Much more, sir, is he to be abhorred, who, as he has advanced in age, has receded from virtue, and becomes more wicked with less temptation, who prostitutes himself for money which he cannot enjoy, and spends the remains of his life in the ruin of his country.
Page 306 - ... habits of oratory by conversing more with those of his own age, than with such as have had more opportunities of acquiring knowledge, and more successful methods of communicating their sentiments.
Page 307 - Sir, is he to be abhorred, who, as he has advanced in age, has receded from virtue, and becomes more wicked with less temptation ; — who prostitutes himself for money which he cannot enjoy, and spends the remains of his life in the ruin of his country.
Page 306 - He will learn, sir, that to accuse and prove are very different, and that reproaches unsupported by evidence affect only the character of him that utters them. Excursions of fancy, and flights of oratory, are indeed, pardonable in young...
Page 306 - I may be one of those whose follies may cease with their youth, and not of that number who are ignorant in spite of experience. Whether youth can be imputed to any man as a reproach. I will not, sir, assume the province of determining ; but surely age may become justly contemptible, if the opportunities which it brings have passed away without improvement, and vice appears to prevail when the passions have subsided.
Page 307 - ... that zeal for the service of my country which neither hope nor fear shall influence me to suppress. I will not sit unconcerned while my liberty is invaded, nor look in silence upon public robbery. I will exert my endeavours, at whatever hazard, to repel the aggressor, and drag the thief to justice, whoever may protect them in their villainy, and whoever may partake of their plunder.
Page 307 - I have been accused of acting a theatrical part. A theatrical part may either imply some peculiarities of gesture, or a dissimulation of my real sentiments, and an adoption of the opinions and language of another man. In the first sense, sir, the charge is too trifling to be confuted, and deserves only to be mentioned that it may be despised.
Page 176 - One man there is, my lords, whose natural generosity, contempt of danger, and regard for the publick, prompted him to obviate the designs of the Spaniards, and to attack them in their own territories ; a man, whom by long acquaintance I can confidently affirm to have been equal to his undertaking, and to have learned the art of war by a regular education, who yet miscarried in his design, only for want of supplies necessary to a possibility of success.