The Four Ages; Together with Essays on Various SubjectsCadell and Davies, 1798 - Počet stran: 454 |
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... of one extreme , we naturally run into the other - A Republic , which fucceeds to defpotifm , is little better than no government at all , by perfonal liberty being pushed to excefs . This C 2 king , at his death , leave a fon of [ 19 ]
... of one extreme , we naturally run into the other - A Republic , which fucceeds to defpotifm , is little better than no government at all , by perfonal liberty being pushed to excefs . This C 2 king , at his death , leave a fon of [ 19 ]
Strana 20
... liberty , liberty in its turn may revert to defpotism , which was nearly the cafe in the reign of James the fecond . The people then perceive , that the best way to avoid the inconveniencies of either fyftem , is by having a Stadtholder ...
... liberty , liberty in its turn may revert to defpotism , which was nearly the cafe in the reign of James the fecond . The people then perceive , that the best way to avoid the inconveniencies of either fyftem , is by having a Stadtholder ...
Strana 98
... liberty to do with their pyramidical principle what seemed good in their eyes - their arches and pin- nacles were more or lefs acute every poffible angle , if less than a right - angle , * See Letter 23 - in the Thirty Letters . has has ...
... liberty to do with their pyramidical principle what seemed good in their eyes - their arches and pin- nacles were more or lefs acute every poffible angle , if less than a right - angle , * See Letter 23 - in the Thirty Letters . has has ...
Strana 202
... liberty -but let us not feek it where the fearch must be vain . Abfolute liberty cannot exist in social life . If liberty be better than every thing else , give up fociety , and rove the woods as a favage . C. What is there no liberty ...
... liberty -but let us not feek it where the fearch must be vain . Abfolute liberty cannot exist in social life . If liberty be better than every thing else , give up fociety , and rove the woods as a favage . C. What is there no liberty ...
Strana 203
... liberty , is most enslaved , and with the additional mortification , that he is so by persons no greater than himself . As the old lion , in the fable , justly remarked , the kick of an afs is not only pain , but indignity . C. You ...
... liberty , is most enslaved , and with the additional mortification , that he is so by persons no greater than himself . As the old lion , in the fable , justly remarked , the kick of an afs is not only pain , but indignity . C. You ...
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Strana 148 - He had scarcely recovered this shock (for it was a great one to him). when he heard Abel on the viol-di-gamba. The violin was hung on the willow. Abel's viol-di-gamba was purchased, and the house resounded with melodious thirds and fifths from 'morn to dewy eve!
Strana 152 - I have done but half my errand; what is your lute worth if I have not your book? ' ' What book, Master Gainsborough? ' ' Why, the book of airs you have composed for the lute.
Strana 34 - On the third we passed between Dover and Calais, and before night came in sight of the Isle of Wight. The next day, being the day in which the prince was both born and married, he fancied, if he could land that day, it would look auspicious to the army, 788 and animate the soldiers.
Strana 280 - A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the Proud and Great : Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life ; and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear ; From Nature's temperate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had liv'd, and that he died.
Strana 120 - ... or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy; judgment, on the contrary, lies quite on the other side, in separating carefully, one from another, ideas, wherein can be found the least difference, thereby to avoid being misled by similitude, and by affinity to take one thing for another. This is a way of proceeding quite contrary to metaphor and allusion, wherein for the most part lies that entertainment and pleasantry of wit which strikes so lively on...
Strana 270 - Slander or Poifon dread from Delia's rage, Hard words or hanging, if your Judge be Page. From furious Sappho fcarce a milder fate, Px'd by her love, or libell'd by her hate.
Strana 232 - ... appearing in the club. There could be little doubt before, but now nothing could be more certain, than the reality of the apparition, which had been seen by so many persons together.
Strana 271 - Fix'd to one side, but moderate to the rest: An honest courtier, yet a patriot too, Just to his prince, and to his country true, Fill'd with the sense of age, the fire of youth, A scorn of wrangling, yet a zeal for truth; A generous faith, from superstition free; A love to peace, and hate of tyranny; Such this man was; who now, from earth remov'd, At length enjoys that liberty he lov'd.
Strana 153 - What use is your book to me if I don't understand it? And your lute, you may take it again if you won't teach me to play on it. Come home with me and give me the first lesson.' 'I will come to-morrow!