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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At so awful a crisis he is the common friend of mankind who endeavours , with
the oil of truth , to assuage the fury that nou rages upon the waters . It is truth only
, calm and dispassionate truth , truth drawn from the bosom of philosophy , and
not ...
At so awful a crisis he is the common friend of mankind who endeavours , with
the oil of truth , to assuage the fury that nou rages upon the waters . It is truth only
, calm and dispassionate truth , truth drawn from the bosom of philosophy , and
not ...
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It will not be unamusing to observe how authors of ability and research , however
various may be their creed , consent in the support of some common and
irresistible dogmas . It will not be uninstructive to perceive , how truth , all
powerful , all ...
It will not be unamusing to observe how authors of ability and research , however
various may be their creed , consent in the support of some common and
irresistible dogmas . It will not be uninstructive to perceive , how truth , all
powerful , all ...
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... no distress , subjects its sensations to no violences , nor sees any thing in its
way which requires an artificial smoothing . Public Good , p . 6 . 7 - - - - By the
Author of Common Sense , Llline UHT i irusega EQUA . EQUALITY OF MANKIND
.
... no distress , subjects its sensations to no violences , nor sees any thing in its
way which requires an artificial smoothing . Public Good , p . 6 . 7 - - - - By the
Author of Common Sense , Llline UHT i irusega EQUA . EQUALITY OF MANKIND
.
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SEARCH we the secret springs , it ' And backwards trace the principles of things ;
: , There shall we find , that when the world began , One common mass compos '
d the mould of man ; One paste of Aesh on all degrees bestow ' d , And ...
SEARCH we the secret springs , it ' And backwards trace the principles of things ;
: , There shall we find , that when the world began , One common mass compos '
d the mould of man ; One paste of Aesh on all degrees bestow ' d , And ...
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This is a picture of the thoughts of persons in power , who imagine themselves
made up of atoms more precious than those which compose the bodies of the
common people whom they oppress , Such has been the case in all ages . ages .
This is a picture of the thoughts of persons in power , who imagine themselves
made up of atoms more precious than those which compose the bodies of the
common people whom they oppress , Such has been the case in all ages . ages .
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Page 35 - tis true, this god did shake ; His coward lips did from their colour fly, And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre : I did hear him groan : Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, Alas, it cried, 'Give me some drink, Titinius,
Page 318 - Let it pry through the portage of the head. Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm it. As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swilled with the wild and wasteful ocean.
Page 279 - I'll tell you, friend! a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk Or, cobbler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow, The rest is all but leather or prunella.
Page 41 - They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; That opened not the house of his prisoners?
Page 291 - Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn; Amidst thy bowers the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all thy green : One only master grasps the whole domain, And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain.
Page 39 - Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now ? your gambols ? your songs ? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar?
Page 297 - THE first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying This is mine, and found people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society.
Page 336 - Whilst the authors of all these evils were idly and stupidly gazing on this menacing meteor, which blackened all their horizon, it suddenly burst, and poured down the whole of its contents upon the plains of the Carnatic. Then ensued a scene of woe, the like of which no eye had seen, no heart conceived, and which no tongue can adequately tell.
Page 236 - I smile, And cry, Content, to that which grieves my heart ; And wet my cheeks with artificial tears, And frame my face to all occasions.
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| Title | 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 |
| Publisher | H. D. Symonds, 1795 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Sep 2006 |
| Length | 406 pages |
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