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... executed is given in the present Volume . He took up the History at the Ascension of James II . , referred to the chief incidents in the reign of Charles II . , developed the causes , remote and proximate , of the approaching Revolution ...
... executed is given in the present Volume . He took up the History at the Ascension of James II . , referred to the chief incidents in the reign of Charles II . , developed the causes , remote and proximate , of the approaching Revolution ...
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... execution . The ends of generosity were to be compassed alone through the agency of the selfish ; and the objects of pro- spective wisdom were to be attained by the exertions of the short - sighted . There never was a project in which ...
... execution . The ends of generosity were to be compassed alone through the agency of the selfish ; and the objects of pro- spective wisdom were to be attained by the exertions of the short - sighted . There never was a project in which ...
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... executed in a tone of languor , disinclination , and humility . Lord ( then Mr. ) Erskine's " View of the Causes and Conse- quences of the War , " passed through the friendly ordeal of the Monthly Review , in the hands of Sir James ...
... executed in a tone of languor , disinclination , and humility . Lord ( then Mr. ) Erskine's " View of the Causes and Conse- quences of the War , " passed through the friendly ordeal of the Monthly Review , in the hands of Sir James ...
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... execute your design , with the assistance of two other persons , all of you armed with bludgeons , pistols , or muskets . Your avowed motive for this project of barbarous revenge was , that one of these foreign gentlemen had brought an ...
... execute your design , with the assistance of two other persons , all of you armed with bludgeons , pistols , or muskets . Your avowed motive for this project of barbarous revenge was , that one of these foreign gentlemen had brought an ...
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... executed , I should have been the first British magistrate who ever stained with his blood the bench on which he sat to administer justice . But I never can die better than in the discharge of my duty . When I accepted the office of a ...
... executed , I should have been the first British magistrate who ever stained with his blood the bench on which he sat to administer justice . But I never can die better than in the discharge of my duty . When I accepted the office of a ...
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Page 149 - Westward the course of empire takes its way ; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day — Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Page 297 - ... a Liberty to Tender Consciences and that no man shall be disquieted or called in question for differences of opinion in matters of religion which do not disturb the peace of the kingdom...
Page 44 - ... inviolate. There is still one spot in Europe where man can freely exercise his reason on the most important concerns of society, where he can boldly publish his judgment on the acts of the proudest and most powerful tyrants. The press of England is still free. It is guarded by the free constitution of our forefathers. It is guarded by the hearts and arms of Englishmen ; and I trust I may venture to say that if it be to fall, it will fall only under the ruins of the British empire.
Page 149 - Lord Bathurst told me that the members of the Scriblerus Club being met at his house at dinner, they agreed to rally Berkeley, who was also his guest, on his scheme at Bermudas. Berkeley, having listened to the many lively things they had to say, begged to be heard in his turn, and displayed his plan with such an astonishing and animating force of eloquence and enthusiasm that they were struck dumb, and, after some pause, rose up all together with earnestness, exclaiming, ' Let us set out with him...
Page 44 - One asylum of free discussion is still inviolate. There is still one spot in Europe where man can freely exercise his reason on the most important concerns of society, where he can boldly publish his judgment on the acts of the proudest and most powerful tyrants.
Page 299 - ... making no doubt of the concurrence of our two Houses of Parliament when we shall think it convenient for them to meet.
Page 150 - Truth is the cry of all, but the game of a few. Certainly, where it is the chief passion, it doth not give way to vulgar cares and views ; nor is it contented with a little ardour in the early time of life ; active, perhaps, to pursue, but not so fit to weigh and revise. He that would make a real progress in knowledge must dedicate his age as well as youth, the later growth as well as first fruits, at the altar of Truth.
Page 182 - Jotham, of piercing wit and pregnant thought,* Endued by nature, and by learning taught To move assemblies, who but only tried The worse awhile, then chose the better side; Nor chose alone, but turned the balance too— So much the weight of one brave man can do.
Page 128 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise To scorn delights, and live laborious days.
Page 151 - s heart was smitten ; and I have heard him, long after, confess that there were moments when the remembrance overcame him even to weakness ; when, amidst all the pleasures of philosophical discovery, and the pride of literary fame, he recalled to his mind the venerable figure of the good La Roche, and wished that he had never doubted.