The Scots Magazine, Band 12Sands, Brymer, Murray and Cochran, 1750 |
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... against every motive to amendment , has difpofed them to give to thefe apparent contradictions , when they can be produced against the cause of virtue , that weight which they will not allow them in any o- ther cafe . They fee men act ...
... against every motive to amendment , has difpofed them to give to thefe apparent contradictions , when they can be produced against the cause of virtue , that weight which they will not allow them in any o- ther cafe . They fee men act ...
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... against him . That capital to have a perfect knowledge of the inte- he got poffeffion of ; but we have been refts of the Chriftian powers , had not told , that a ftrong party has declared for readily entered into all his views ; which ...
... against him . That capital to have a perfect knowledge of the inte- he got poffeffion of ; but we have been refts of the Chriftian powers , had not told , that a ftrong party has declared for readily entered into all his views ; which ...
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... against Sweden , where Charles XII . was then fovereign . This war was con- tinued with various fuccefs , and fome con- fiderable interruptions , till 1721. By that time Charles was dead ; and Peter had made himself master of all on the ...
... against Sweden , where Charles XII . was then fovereign . This war was con- tinued with various fuccefs , and fome con- fiderable interruptions , till 1721. By that time Charles was dead ; and Peter had made himself master of all on the ...
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... against as for high treafon . In the mean time , the fenate , confifting of fourteen members vefted with a good deal of power , in which the King , when pre- fent , has only a cafting vote , is elected in the following manner . On a ...
... against as for high treafon . In the mean time , the fenate , confifting of fourteen members vefted with a good deal of power , in which the King , when pre- fent , has only a cafting vote , is elected in the following manner . On a ...
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... against the lives or liberties of any body , but only to put the government upon its proper foundation according to the con- titution ; and reckon thofe who died in the cause were martyrs for the freedom of their country . Some of them ...
... against the lives or liberties of any body , but only to put the government upon its proper foundation according to the con- titution ; and reckon thofe who died in the cause were martyrs for the freedom of their country . Some of them ...
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Seite 164 - In narratives, where historical veracity has no place* I cannot discover, why there should not be exhibited the most perfect idea of virtue ; of virtue not angelical, nor above probability, for what we cannot credit we shall never imitate ; but the highest and purest that humanity can reach...
Seite 164 - ... the highest and purest that humanity can reach, which, exercised in such trials as the various revolutions of things shall bring upon it, may, by conquering some calamities and enduring others, teach us what we may hope and what we can perform.
Seite 580 - Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him whom he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society.
Seite 364 - In the regions inhabited by angelic natures, unmingled felicity for ever blooms, joy flows there with a perpetual and abundant stream, nor needs there any mound to check its course.
Seite 162 - In the romances formerly written, every transaction and sentiment was so remote from all that passes among men, that the reader was in very little danger of making any applications to himself...
Seite 162 - ... together with that learning which is to be gained from books, that experience which can never be attained by solitary diligence, but must arise from general converse, and accurate observation of the living world.
Seite 507 - ... ever unassisted ; that the wanderer may at length return after all his errors ; and that he who implores strength and courage from above, shall find danger and difficulty give way before him. Go now, my son, to thy repose ; commit thyself to the care of Omnipotence ; and when the morning calls again to toil, begin anew thy journey and thy life.
Seite 364 - numerable objects of delight, but that all might " rejoice in the privilege of exiftence, and be filled " with gratitude to the beneficent author of it ? Thus " to enjoy the bleffings he has fent, is virtue and
Seite 198 - Colonies in America, and to prevent the Erection of any Mill or other Engine for slitting or rolling of Iron, or any plating Forge to work with a Tilt Hammer, or any Furnace for making Steel...
Seite 137 - Second was exposed, and from which he was surprisingly and miraculously delivered, neither Lord Clarendon, nor any other author I have met with, takes the least notice of one of a very extraordinary nature, which happened to him...