The British Plutarch [by T. Mortimer].Samuel Archer, 1810 |
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Page 92
... effects which we behold in the frame of the universe , to the existence of one supreme , intel- ligent , all - powerful cause ; and accordingly we shall find , that he himself afterwards applies this principle to this very purpose . An ...
... effects which we behold in the frame of the universe , to the existence of one supreme , intel- ligent , all - powerful cause ; and accordingly we shall find , that he himself afterwards applies this principle to this very purpose . An ...
Page 94
... effects of modes , will never imagine the reception I met with at Paris , from men and ' women of all ranks and stations . The more I resiled from their excessive civilities , the more I was loaded with them . There is however a real ...
... effects of modes , will never imagine the reception I met with at Paris , from men and ' women of all ranks and stations . The more I resiled from their excessive civilities , the more I was loaded with them . There is however a real ...
Page 96
... effect of an obliging vanity , unless it should happen to be repeated . If you were concerned in it , I would advise you to give up , once for all , these little impositions , which cannot proceed from any good motive , when converted ...
... effect of an obliging vanity , unless it should happen to be repeated . If you were concerned in it , I would advise you to give up , once for all , these little impositions , which cannot proceed from any good motive , when converted ...
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... effect it , by the good offices of some who were concerting measures for procuring him a pension ; and it is observed , that such bounty could not have been more properly bestowed : but whilst these kind friends were indulging ...
... effect it , by the good offices of some who were concerting measures for procuring him a pension ; and it is observed , that such bounty could not have been more properly bestowed : but whilst these kind friends were indulging ...
Page 129
... effects , and particularly his books and prints , which last he was fond of collecting , fell into that gentle- man's hands . By degrees Dr. Akenside's practice increased , and he was cho- sen physician to St. Thomas's - hospital . He ...
... effects , and particularly his books and prints , which last he was fond of collecting , fell into that gentle- man's hands . By degrees Dr. Akenside's practice increased , and he was cho- sen physician to St. Thomas's - hospital . He ...
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Page 282 - How blest is he who crowns in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly...
Page 151 - I do; I know their virtues and their valor; I know they can achieve anything but impossibilities; and I know that the conquest of British America is an impossibility. You cannot, my Lords, you cannot conquer America. What is your present situation there ? We do not know the worst; but we know that in three campaigns we have done nothing, and suffered much.
Page 206 - Ah ! let not Censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.
Page 278 - Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail, Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good.
Page 147 - For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies...
Page 278 - REMOTE, unfriended, melancholy, slow, Or by the lazy Scheld or wandering Po ; Or onward, where the rude Carinthian boor Against the houseless stranger shuts the door ; Or where Campania's plain forsaken lies, A weary waste expanding to the skies ; Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravell'd fondly turns to thee ; Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.
Page 92 - So that, upon the whole, we may conclude, that the Christian Religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one. Mere reason is insufficient to convince us of its veracity : And whoever is moved by Faith to assent to it, is conscious of a continued miracle in his own person, which subverts all the principles of his understanding, and gives him a determination to believe what is most contrary to custom and experience.
Page 146 - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Page 152 - To call into civilized alliance the wild and inhuman savage of the woods ; to delegate to the merciless Indian the defence of disputed rights, and to wage the horrors of his barbarous war against our brethren?
Page 152 - If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never!