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... considered that the same act is justice if the subject is a criminal , which would have been murder if executed on the innocent . " Lord Orrery has been so far from acting upon the principle on which Mr. Pope framed this petition in his ...
... considered that the same act is justice if the subject is a criminal , which would have been murder if executed on the innocent . " Lord Orrery has been so far from acting upon the principle on which Mr. Pope framed this petition in his ...
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... considered as afford- ing only entertainment to the idle , or speculative know- ledge to the curious ; it most forcibly impresses a sense of the vanity and brevity of life , which the moralist and the divine have always thought an ...
... considered as afford- ing only entertainment to the idle , or speculative know- ledge to the curious ; it most forcibly impresses a sense of the vanity and brevity of life , which the moralist and the divine have always thought an ...
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... considered as an interesting part of it , † and at the same time will be a proper appendage to all former editions ; being strictly , what it professes to be , a Collection of Miscellanies by Dr. Swift and his most intimate friends ...
... considered as an interesting part of it , † and at the same time will be a proper appendage to all former editions ; being strictly , what it professes to be , a Collection of Miscellanies by Dr. Swift and his most intimate friends ...
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... considered as a specimen of his la- bours . " It is much to be lamented indeed that he did not fol- low the advice given him in the year 1733 : ' I have long had it at heart , ' says his friend Mr. Ford , ' to see your works collected ...
... considered as a specimen of his la- bours . " It is much to be lamented indeed that he did not fol- low the advice given him in the year 1733 : ' I have long had it at heart , ' says his friend Mr. Ford , ' to see your works collected ...
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... considered that these helps are designed for the use of such as are not general read- ers , it is presumed those who are more informed will par- don the insertion of some circumstances , which to them may appear superfluous . " To these ...
... considered that these helps are designed for the use of such as are not general read- ers , it is presumed those who are more informed will par- don the insertion of some circumstances , which to them may appear superfluous . " To these ...
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Page 203 - I think Mr. St. John the greatest young man I ever knew ; wit, capacity, beauty, quickness of apprehension, good learning, and an excellent taste ; the best orator in the house of commons, admirable conversation, good nature, and good manners ; generous, and a despiser of money.
Page 283 - It is time for me to have done with the world ; and so I would if I could get into a better before I was called into the best, and not die here in a rage like a poisoned rat in a hole.
Page 86 - I should think, that in order to preserve the constitution entire in church and state, whoever has a true value for both, would be sure to avoid the extremes of whig, for the sake of the former ; and the extremes of tory, on account of the latter.
Page 285 - I am so stupid and confounded, that I cannot express the mortification I am under both in body and mind. All I caB say is, that I am not in torture; but I daily and hourly expect it. Pray let me know how your health is, and your family. I hardly understand one word I write. I am sure my days will be very few; few and miserable they must be.
Page 234 - You know how well I loved both Lord Oxford and Bolingbroke, and how dear the Duke of Ormond is to me: do you imagine I can be easy while their enemies are endeavouring to take off their heads; I nunc, et versus tecum meditare canoros...
Page 283 - I find myself disposed every year, or rather every month, to be more angry and revengeful ; and my rage is so ignoble, that it descends even to resent the folly and baseness of the enslaved people among whom I live.
Page 183 - Lewis's office came to me, and said many things, too long to repeat. I told him, I had nothing to do but go to Ireland immediately; for I could not, with any reputation, stay longer here, unless I had something honourable immediately given to me.
Page 110 - MD's letter ? one of these oddcome-shortlies. This is a week old, you see, and no farther yet. Mr Harley desired I would dine with him again today ; but I refused him, for I fell out with him yesterday, and will not see him again till he makes me amends ; and so I go to bed.
Page 241 - After his trial, the jury brought him in not guilty, although they had been culled with the utmost industry ; the chief justice sent them back nine times, and kept them eleven hours ; until being perfectly tired out, they were forced to leave the matter to the mercy of the judge, by what they call a special verdict.
Page 286 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.