Miscellaneous Works, Written by His Grace, George, Late Duke of Buckingham, Volume 2S. Briscoe, and sold, 1705 - English literature |
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Page xiv - But while dead colours he with care did lay, He fears his wit, or plot, he did not weigh, Which are the living beauties of a play.
Page 228 - But both kings, knowing their interest, resolved to join against them, who were the common enemies to all monarchies, and I may say, especially to ours, their only competitor for trade and power at sea, and who only stand in their way to an universal empire as great as Rome.
Page 128 - And if he please once to lay down His sceptre, dignity, and crown; We'll make him, for the time to come, The greatest Prince in Christendom!
Page 194 - Tolerations, Burnings, Plots, and ShamPlots at home, and by Wars and foreign Alliances, overruled in their favour abroad ; but that they would have been more impatient than we have been for this Remedy. And for my own part, I cannot but admire more at the long Delay there hath been, in fêeking out a Remedy againft this great Evil, than at our offering at this Bill.
Page 234 - ... he hath made us. Let us bless God and the king that our religion is safe ; that the church of England is the care of our prince ; that parliaments are safe; that our properties and liberties are safe. What more hath a good Englishman to ask but that this king may long reign ; and that this triple alliance of king, parliament, and people, may never be dissolved...
Page 205 - Rebellion was judged afterwards void in Law, because there was a Power given, which could not be taken from the Crown. For ought I know, when you have made this Law, it may have the same Flaw in it: If not, I am confident there are a loyal Party, which will never obey, but will think themselves bound by their Oath of Allegiance and Duty, to pay Obedience to the Duke, if ever he should come to be King, which must occasion a civil War.
Page 56 - Accident then does not signify a being distinct from body or matter, but is only a word, whereby we express the several ways we consider of what is in a body or matter that is before us. For example : if we perceive a body to have length, then we consider of that length as an
Page 230 - Birth . {o that the King was forced, for the carrying on of His Affairs, much againft His will, to put a flop to the Payments out of the Exchequer. He...
Page 218 - Imployments, and by that means may be a little more fenfible of the State of Affairs, in Reference to our Neighbours, than others may be ; having not only had the Advantage of Information, but was under a Neceffity ot ufing my beft Endeavours to get a true Account of them.
Page 158 - And although you be permitted to read holy scripture, and to have the word of God in your mother tongue, you must understand...