The Manual of Liberty, Or, Testimonies in Behalf of the Rights of Mankind; Selected from the Best Authorities, in Prose and Verse, and Methodically Arranged |
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... persons were buried every day . A countess at this period said , — “ Thank God , the nobility are spared , none " but the vulgar die . " - This is a picture of the thoughts of persons in power , who imagine them- selves made up of atoms ...
... persons were buried every day . A countess at this period said , — “ Thank God , the nobility are spared , none " but the vulgar die . " - This is a picture of the thoughts of persons in power , who imagine them- selves made up of atoms ...
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... person of a duke or an emperor , upon the stage , and immediately after , in the tiring room , re- turn to their true and original condition , of foot- men and porters ; so it is with the emperor , whose pomp so dazzles you in public ...
... person of a duke or an emperor , upon the stage , and immediately after , in the tiring room , re- turn to their true and original condition , of foot- men and porters ; so it is with the emperor , whose pomp so dazzles you in public ...
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... persons , which made Diogenes say , when searching a charnel house , that he could find no difference betwixt the skull of king Philip and another man's . PALMER . Collection of Aphorisms , p . 319 . Clown . HERE's a skull now has lain ...
... persons , which made Diogenes say , when searching a charnel house , that he could find no difference betwixt the skull of king Philip and another man's . PALMER . Collection of Aphorisms , p . 319 . Clown . HERE's a skull now has lain ...
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... persons of fortune , and hurtful to those who are destitute . Whence it follows , that a state of society is advan- tageous to mankind in general , only when they all possess something , and none of them have any thing too much ...
... persons of fortune , and hurtful to those who are destitute . Whence it follows , that a state of society is advan- tageous to mankind in general , only when they all possess something , and none of them have any thing too much ...
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rank or persons . Rich or poor , strong or weak , idle citizen is a knave . every The man who earns not his subsistence , but eats the bread of idleness , is no better than a thief ; and a pensioner who is paid by the state for doing ...
rank or persons . Rich or poor , strong or weak , idle citizen is a knave . every The man who earns not his subsistence , but eats the bread of idleness , is no better than a thief ; and a pensioner who is paid by the state for doing ...
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