Letters Concerning the English NationL. Davis and C. Reymers; R. Baldwin, and S. Crowder and Company, 1760 - Всего страниц: 255 |
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... prove that he had made this part of the British polity his particular ftudy . Befides , how was it poffible for a foreigner to pierce through their politicks , that gloomy labyrinth , in which fuch of the English themselves as are best ...
... prove that he had made this part of the British polity his particular ftudy . Befides , how was it poffible for a foreigner to pierce through their politicks , that gloomy labyrinth , in which fuch of the English themselves as are best ...
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... prove that the facraments were merely of human invention , and that the word facrament was not once mention'd in the gospel . Excufe , fays he , my igno- rance , for I have not employ'd an hundredth part of the arguments which might be ...
... prove that the facraments were merely of human invention , and that the word facrament was not once mention'd in the gospel . Excufe , fays he , my igno- rance , for I have not employ'd an hundredth part of the arguments which might be ...
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... prove the validity and fucceffion of English ordinations . This Book was forbid in France ; but do you believe that the English miniftry were pleas'd with it ? Far from it . Thofe damn'd Whigs . don't value a straw , whether the ...
... prove the validity and fucceffion of English ordinations . This Book was forbid in France ; but do you believe that the English miniftry were pleas'd with it ? Far from it . Thofe damn'd Whigs . don't value a straw , whether the ...
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... thousand was ever at- tack'd by a Small - pox of a violent kind . That fome indeed had this diftemper very favourably three or four times , but never twice . twice fo as to prove fatal ; in a word 62 LETTERS Concerning.
... thousand was ever at- tack'd by a Small - pox of a violent kind . That fome indeed had this diftemper very favourably three or four times , but never twice . twice fo as to prove fatal ; in a word 62 LETTERS Concerning.
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Voltaire. twice fo as to prove fatal ; in a word , that no one ever had it in a violent degree twice in his life . They obferv'd farther , that when the Small - pox is of the milder fort , and the puftles have only a tender , delicate ...
Voltaire. twice fo as to prove fatal ; in a word , that no one ever had it in a violent degree twice in his life . They obferv'd farther , that when the Small - pox is of the milder fort , and the puftles have only a tender , delicate ...
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Стр. 171 - And screen'd in shades from day's detested glare, She sighs for ever on her pensive bed, Pain at her, side, and Megrim at her head.
Стр. 139 - Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
Стр. 149 - He spoke of his works as of trifles that were beneath him ; and hinted to me, in our first conversation, that I should visit him upon no other foot than that of a gentleman, who led a life of plainness and simplicity.
Стр. 170 - For, that sad moment, when the sylphs withdrew, And Ariel weeping from Belinda flew, Umbriel, a dusky, melancholy sprite, As ever sullied the fair face of light, Down to the central earth, his proper scene, Repair'd to search the gloomy cave of Spleen.
Стр. 18 - ... is both to God and man : If after all these warnings and advertisements, thou dost not turn unto the Lord with all thy heart, but forget him, who remembered thee in thy distress, and give up thyself to follow lust and vanity; surely great will be thy condemnation.
Стр. 136 - No Traveller returns) puzzles the Will ; And makes us rather bear thofe Ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not of. Thus...
Стр. 148 - He was infirm and come to the verge of life when I knew him. Mr. Congreve had one defect, which was his entertaining too mean an idea of his first profession (that of a writer), though it was to this he owed his fame and fortune.
Стр. 18 - Against which snare as well as the temptation of those that may or do feed thee, and prompt thee to evil, the most excellent and prevalent remedy will be, to apply thyself to that Light of Christ, which shineth in thy...
Стр. 135 - To be, or not to be : that is the queftion— — — Whether 'tis nobler in the mind, to fuffer The flings and arrows of outragious fortune j Or to take arms againft a fea of troubles, * And by oppofing end them.
Стр. 171 - She sighs for ever on her pensive bed, Pain at her side, and Megrim at her head. Two handmaids wait the throne: alike in place, But differing far in figure and in face.