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Page 89
... princes and nobles are remarkable for their attachment to worth- less company . What can be the causes ? Among others , this perhaps is one . Nobles , not furnished with personal merit corresponding with their eleva- tion , are afraid ...
... princes and nobles are remarkable for their attachment to worth- less company . What can be the causes ? Among others , this perhaps is one . Nobles , not furnished with personal merit corresponding with their eleva- tion , are afraid ...
Page 111
... princes flatter themselves . They will be examined closely in private as well as in public life ; and those who ... prince will know how to preserve it when he lays his majesty aside . He will dare to appear a private man , and in that ...
... princes flatter themselves . They will be examined closely in private as well as in public life ; and those who ... prince will know how to preserve it when he lays his majesty aside . He will dare to appear a private man , and in that ...
Page 112
... prince , who practises and exacts them , will amuse himself much better , and oblige those who have the honour to be in his inti- macy , and to share his pleasures with him , much more than he could possibly do by the most absolute and ...
... prince , who practises and exacts them , will amuse himself much better , and oblige those who have the honour to be in his inti- macy , and to share his pleasures with him , much more than he could possibly do by the most absolute and ...
Page 149
... prince in his encroachments ; sensible as they are , that their own power and privileges will be augmented with those of the prince , whose ex- clusive favour they have gained by sycophantic arts and by cooperation in the fallacious ...
... prince in his encroachments ; sensible as they are , that their own power and privileges will be augmented with those of the prince , whose ex- clusive favour they have gained by sycophantic arts and by cooperation in the fallacious ...
Page 180
... princes , and therefore they wish to degrade it . Their fountain of honour , they conceive , has no resem- blance , in its nature of efficacy , to the famed foun- tains of Parnassus : it conveys no inspiration , except that which ...
... princes , and therefore they wish to degrade it . Their fountain of honour , they conceive , has no resem- blance , in its nature of efficacy , to the famed foun- tains of Parnassus : it conveys no inspiration , except that which ...
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Page 151 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
Page 381 - Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the Gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
Page 381 - The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He hath anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor ; He hath sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised...
Page 384 - And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, And the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord , And the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
Page 381 - The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To preach deliverance to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed, To preach the acceptable year of the LORD.
Page 381 - And he began to say unto them ; This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth...
Page 381 - And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, and rose up and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
Page 459 - Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared. 12 He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth.
Page 384 - For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty...
Page 310 - ... when you separate the common sort of men from their proper chieftains so as to form them into an adverse army, I no longer know that venerable object called the people in such a disbanded race of deserters and vagabonds.