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... of one extreme , we naturally run into the other - A Republic , which fucceeds to defpotifm , is little better than no government at all , by perfonal liberty being pushed to excefs . C 2 This king , at his death , leave a fon of [ 19 ]
... of one extreme , we naturally run into the other - A Republic , which fucceeds to defpotifm , is little better than no government at all , by perfonal liberty being pushed to excefs . C 2 This king , at his death , leave a fon of [ 19 ]
Page 20
... liberty , liberty in its turn may revert to defpotism , which was nearly the cafe in the reign of James the fecond . The people then perceive , that the best way to avoid the inconveniencies of either system , is by having a Stadtholder ...
... liberty , liberty in its turn may revert to defpotism , which was nearly the cafe in the reign of James the fecond . The people then perceive , that the best way to avoid the inconveniencies of either system , is by having a Stadtholder ...
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... liberty to do with their pyramidical principle what seemed good in their eyes - their arches and pin- nacles were more or lefs acute - every poffible angle , if less than a right - angle , * See Letter 23 - in the Thirty Letters . has ...
... liberty to do with their pyramidical principle what seemed good in their eyes - their arches and pin- nacles were more or lefs acute - every poffible angle , if less than a right - angle , * See Letter 23 - in the Thirty Letters . has ...
Page 202
... liberty -but let us not feek it where the fearch must be vain . Abfolute liberty cannot ' exift in focial life . If liberty be better than every thing elfe , give up fociety , and rove the woods as a favage . C. What is there no liberty ...
... liberty -but let us not feek it where the fearch must be vain . Abfolute liberty cannot ' exift in focial life . If liberty be better than every thing elfe , give up fociety , and rove the woods as a favage . C. What is there no liberty ...
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... liberty , is most enslaved , and with the additional mortification , that he is fo by perfons no greater than himself . As the old lion , in the fable , juftly remarked , the kick of an ass is not only pain , but indignity . C. You ...
... liberty , is most enslaved , and with the additional mortification , that he is fo by perfons no greater than himself . As the old lion , in the fable , juftly remarked , the kick of an ass is not only pain , but indignity . C. You ...
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Æneid alfo alſo arife artiſt becauſe beſt Brazen-Age cauſe circumſtances confequence confidered converfation courſe cuſtom defire deſtroyed effect Epitaph eſtabliſhed exift exiſtence expreffed faid fame fays feems fenfation fhall fhew fhort firft firſt fociety fome fomething fometimes foon fource fpeaking ftate ftill fubject fublime fuch fufficient fuperior fuppofe furely furniſh genius Gothic Gothic Architecture greateſt himſelf hiſtorical honour houſe idea increaſed inftances inftrument inſtead Iron-Age Johnſon juſt laft laſt leaſt lefs liberty meaſure ment modern moſt mufic muft muſic muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obferved occafion ourſelves paffages painting perfection perfons perhaps pleaſure poffeffed poffeffion Pope preſent principle produced progrefs purpoſe reaſon replied reſemblance reſt ſay ſcarce Schâh ſcience ſeems ſeen ſhall ſhould Silver-Age ſome ſpeak ſtate ſtill ſtyle ſuch ſuppoſe taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou Timur tion ture ufual uſe Voltaire whofe wiſh worfe Zadib
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Page 274 - A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the Proud and Great : Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life ; and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear ; From Nature's temperate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had liv'd, and that he died.
Page 148 - He had scarcely recovered this shock (for it was a great one to him). when he heard Abel on the viol-di-gamba. The violin was hung on the willow. Abel's viol-di-gamba was purchased, and the house resounded with melodious thirds and fifths from 'morn to dewy eve!
Page 34 - On the third we passed between Dover and Calais, and before night came in sight of the Isle of Wight. The next day, being the day in which the prince was both born and married, he fancied, if he could land that day, it would look auspicious to the army, 788 and animate the soldiers.
Page 275 - Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child ; With native humour tempering virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age : Above temptation in a low estate, And uncorrupted, ev'n among the great : A safe companion and an easy friend, Unblam'd through life, lamented in thy end...
Page 150 - The next time I saw Gainsborough it was in the character of King David. He had heard a harper at Bath : the performer was soon left harpless ; and now Fischer, Abel, and Giardini, were all forgotten, — there was nothing like chords and arpeggios ! He really stuck to the harp long enough to play several airs with variations, and, in a little time, would nearly have exhausted all the pieces usually performed on an instrument...
Page 120 - ... or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy; judgment, on the contrary, lies quite on the other side, in separating carefully, one from another, ideas, wherein can be found the least difference, thereby to avoid being misled by similitude, and by affinity to take one thing for another. This is a way of proceeding quite contrary to metaphor and allusion, wherein for the most part lies that entertainment and pleasantry of wit which strikes so lively on...
Page 226 - ... appearing in the club. There could be little doubt before, but now nothing could be more certain, than the reality of the apparition, which had been seen by so many persons together.
Page 265 - Fix'd to one side, but moderate to the rest: An honest courtier, yet a patriot too, Just to his prince, and to his country true, Fill'd with the sense of age, the fire of youth, A scorn of wrangling, yet a zeal for truth; A generous faith, from superstition free; A love to peace, and hate of tyranny; Such this man was; who now, from earth remov'd, At length enjoys that liberty he lov'd.
Page 264 - Whoe'er offends, at fome unlucky time Slides into verfe, and hitches in a rhyme, Sacred to Ridicule his whole life long, And the fad burthen of fome merry fong.
Page 274 - Content with Science in the Vale of Peace, Calmly he look'd on either Life, and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear; From Nature's temperate feaft rofe fatisfy'd, Thank'd Heaven that he had liv'd, and that he dy'd. XI. On Mr. GAY. In Weftminfter- Abbey, 173».