The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent Statesmen, Patriots, Divines, Warriors, Philosophers, Poets, and Artists, of Great Britain and Ireland, from the Accession of Henry VIII. to the Present Time. Including a Complete History of England from that Area, Band 8Charles Dilly, 1791 |
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... tion , and the moft experienced officers , that our difcipline is deeply wounded . - Whilft this is no . torioufly our finking fituation , America grows and flourishes whilft our ftrength and difcipline is lowered , theirs riles and ...
... tion , and the moft experienced officers , that our difcipline is deeply wounded . - Whilft this is no . torioufly our finking fituation , America grows and flourishes whilft our ftrength and difcipline is lowered , theirs riles and ...
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... tion and duty of the people , tarnished the luftre " of his Majefty's crown , and difmembered his empire . They humbly advifed him to with- " draw all his forces by fea and land from the re- " volted provinces , and adopt amicable means ...
... tion and duty of the people , tarnished the luftre " of his Majefty's crown , and difmembered his empire . They humbly advifed him to with- " draw all his forces by fea and land from the re- " volted provinces , and adopt amicable means ...
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... tion , in confequence of the weak and evil conduct of adminiftration ; that it was highly neceffary to let the king know who were the caufe of our pre- fent calamities . He faid he had purpofely avoided touching upon the Canada ...
... tion , in confequence of the weak and evil conduct of adminiftration ; that it was highly neceffary to let the king know who were the caufe of our pre- fent calamities . He faid he had purpofely avoided touching upon the Canada ...
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... tion too fublime , for the grandeur and majefty of his manner ; fo no fancy was too playful , nor any allufion too comic , for the eafe and gaiety with which he could accommodate to the occafion . But the character of his oratory was ...
... tion too fublime , for the grandeur and majefty of his manner ; fo no fancy was too playful , nor any allufion too comic , for the eafe and gaiety with which he could accommodate to the occafion . But the character of his oratory was ...
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... tion of Pope ; but the difficulties which he met with in London occafioned him , in 1739 , to be defirous of being chofen mafter of a country free- school , the falary of which was fixty pounds a year . This humble fituation , however ...
... tion of Pope ; but the difficulties which he met with in London occafioned him , in 1739 , to be defirous of being chofen mafter of a country free- school , the falary of which was fixty pounds a year . This humble fituation , however ...
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Seite 118 - In smoky ruins sunk they lie. The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner sees afar His all become the prey of war ; Bethinks him of his babes and wife, Then smites his breast, and curses life.
Seite 199 - tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work...
Seite 102 - 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.
Seite 37 - That God and nature put into our hands.' I know not what ideas that lord may entertain of God and nature ; but I know that such abominable principles are equally abhorrent to religion and humanity. What ! to attribute the sacred sanction of God and nature to the massacres of the Indian...
Seite 38 - Judges to interpose the purity of their ermine, to save us from this pollution. I call upon the honour of your Lordships to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country to vindicate the national character. I invoke the genius of the constitution.
Seite 25 - This, my lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment ! It is not a time for adulation. The smoothness of flattery cannot now avail; cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It is now necessary to instruct the throne in the language of truth.
Seite 66 - ... the order of society, and from a veneration for the Great Source of all order: correct, nay stern in his taste; hard to please, and easily offended, impetuous and irritable in his temper, but of a most humane and benevolent heart...
Seite 97 - Thou great Infallible, forbear to roar, Thy bulls and errors are rever'd no more. When doctrines meet with gen'ral approbation, It is not Heresy, but Reformation.
Seite 29 - 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!
Seite 2 - Much more, sir, is he to be abhorred, who, as he has advanced in age, has receded from virtue, and becomes more wicked with less temptation ; who prostitutes himself for money which he cannot enjoy, and spends the remains of his life in the ruin of his country.