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... some the kingdom , and threw others into prifon , without any le- gal proceedings , or giving any other rea- fon than his good pleasure * . " His ex- ample was followed by all thofe of his fuc- * • Rapin . ceffors , ceffors , who ...
... some the kingdom , and threw others into prifon , without any le- gal proceedings , or giving any other rea- fon than his good pleasure * . " His ex- ample was followed by all thofe of his fuc- * • Rapin . ceffors , ceffors , who ...
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... Some , like Phalaris , Alexander of Pheræ , Caligula , Nero , Caracalla , have been innately cruel ; fuch monsters , indeed , are not often produced : but every defpot must be absorbed in felfishness ; lazy , voluptuous , unfeeling . If ...
... Some , like Phalaris , Alexander of Pheræ , Caligula , Nero , Caracalla , have been innately cruel ; fuch monsters , indeed , are not often produced : but every defpot must be absorbed in felfishness ; lazy , voluptuous , unfeeling . If ...
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... some of the fportive cruelties of defpotic go- vernments ; others there are , too horrid to be mentioned * . In England , they only , who have been found guilty by the verdict of their peers , meet with the punishment of the laws . In ...
... some of the fportive cruelties of defpotic go- vernments ; others there are , too horrid to be mentioned * . In England , they only , who have been found guilty by the verdict of their peers , meet with the punishment of the laws . In ...
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... Some few , fuch as Dr. Cowel , and Dr. Blackwood , in the reign , and by the encouragement of James the Ift , have ventured to affert that the Eng- lish are flaves , by reafon of the Norman conqueft , and that the king may pass what ...
... Some few , fuch as Dr. Cowel , and Dr. Blackwood , in the reign , and by the encouragement of James the Ift , have ventured to affert that the Eng- lish are flaves , by reafon of the Norman conqueft , and that the king may pass what ...
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... some evil dæmon fhould make her forget the advantage fhe derives from her local fituation . - Nature has given us a deep intrenchment , furrounded us with the ocean , bestowed on us a fertile coun- try , and a heart to defend it ...
... some evil dæmon fhould make her forget the advantage fhe derives from her local fituation . - Nature has given us a deep intrenchment , furrounded us with the ocean , bestowed on us a fertile coun- try , and a heart to defend it ...
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Page 315 - And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth...
Page 316 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the falling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Page 310 - Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel ; and they said, Nay ; but we will have a king over us ; that we also may be like all the nations ; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
Page 202 - This is the state of man : To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him; The third day comes a frost, a killing frost; And — when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Page 202 - This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth ; my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Page 135 - Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand; 7 to execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; ' to bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; 'to execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints.
Page 309 - And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you : He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen ; and some shall run before his chariots.
Page 264 - ... and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
Page 308 - And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee ; for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
Page 309 - And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.