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Page 174
The nations around us , Sir , are already enslaved , and have been enslaved by
those very means ; by means of their standing armies they ' have every one lost
their liberties ; it is indeed impossible that the liberties of the people can be ...
The nations around us , Sir , are already enslaved , and have been enslaved by
those very means ; by means of their standing armies they ' have every one lost
their liberties ; it is indeed impossible that the liberties of the people can be ...
Page 187
As to bribery and corruption , Sir , if it were poflible to influence , by such bafe
means , the majority of the electors of Great - Britain , to chuse such men as
would probably give up their liberties ; if it were possible to influence , by such
means , a ...
As to bribery and corruption , Sir , if it were poflible to influence , by such bafe
means , the majority of the electors of Great - Britain , to chuse such men as
would probably give up their liberties ; if it were possible to influence , by such
means , a ...
Page 230
... That can therein tax any private party ? Doth it not flow as hugely as the sea , '
Till that the very means ... Who can come in , and say , that I mean her ; When
such a one as she , fuch is her neighbour ? Or what is he of bafest function , That
...
... That can therein tax any private party ? Doth it not flow as hugely as the sea , '
Till that the very means ... Who can come in , and say , that I mean her ; When
such a one as she , fuch is her neighbour ? Or what is he of bafest function , That
...
Page 335
What nice hand With ev'ry implement and means of art , And twenty years
apprenticeship to boot , Could make me such another ? Fondly then We boast of
excellence , whose noblest skill Instinctive genius foils . The bee observe ; She
too an ...
What nice hand With ev'ry implement and means of art , And twenty years
apprenticeship to boot , Could make me such another ? Fondly then We boast of
excellence , whose noblest skill Instinctive genius foils . The bee observe ; She
too an ...
Page 377
... and this night he means To burn the lodging where you use to lie , And you
within it ; if he fails of that , He will have other means to cut you off ; I overheard
him , and his practices : This is no palace , this house is but a This T 377 Chap .
XII .
... and this night he means To burn the lodging where you use to lie , And you
within it ; if he fails of that , He will have other means to cut you off ; I overheard
him , and his practices : This is no palace , this house is but a This T 377 Chap .
XII .
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| Title | The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers, and Disposed Under Proper Heads, with a View to Facilitate the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking |
| Author | William Enfield |
| Editor | William Enfield |
| Publisher | J. Johnson, 1797 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2012 |
| Length | 436 pages |
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