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... true intereft of a commercial state , an obftruction to the establishment of a true Police , and an expence which might be converted into a better channel . The regular dif- cuffion of a maxim apparently fo unpopular fhall follow in due ...
... true intereft of a commercial state , an obftruction to the establishment of a true Police , and an expence which might be converted into a better channel . The regular dif- cuffion of a maxim apparently fo unpopular fhall follow in due ...
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... true police , the value of the neceffaries of life being illegally enhanced , becomes a public calamity , and under thefe circumftances it occafionally happens that even the moft fober and frugal are driven to diftrefs , and unhappily ...
... true police , the value of the neceffaries of life being illegally enhanced , becomes a public calamity , and under thefe circumftances it occafionally happens that even the moft fober and frugal are driven to diftrefs , and unhappily ...
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... true , that neither aliments nor medicines can abfolutely , and of themselves , be de- nominated hurtful or not ; nor are able to bring about any effect accord- ing to any power or virtue in them- felves ; it depending on the body whe ...
... true , that neither aliments nor medicines can abfolutely , and of themselves , be de- nominated hurtful or not ; nor are able to bring about any effect accord- ing to any power or virtue in them- felves ; it depending on the body whe ...
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... true Phyfical Knowledge , this noble art of Healing would have appeared in its true light , and genuine luftre , long ago . How neceffary is it therefore that Phyficians fhould be ftudious , affable , fenfible , and charitable ; void of ...
... true Phyfical Knowledge , this noble art of Healing would have appeared in its true light , and genuine luftre , long ago . How neceffary is it therefore that Phyficians fhould be ftudious , affable , fenfible , and charitable ; void of ...
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... true beyond contradiction , that the emiffaries of the prefent m- y have been the procurers of the nu- merous addreffes , which , to use Toby's words again , have been wafted to the king from all corners of the island . This King's ...
... true beyond contradiction , that the emiffaries of the prefent m- y have been the procurers of the nu- merous addreffes , which , to use Toby's words again , have been wafted to the king from all corners of the island . This King's ...
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Page 212 - My lord," said Pythias, with a firm voice and noble aspect, "I would it were possible that I might suffer a thousand deaths, rather than my friend should fail in any article of his honour. He cannot fail therein, my lord : I am as confident of his virtue, as I am of my own existence. But I pray, I beseech the gods, to preserve the life and integrity of my Damon together...
Page 212 - My prayers are heard," he cried, "the gods are propitious; you know, my friends, that the winds have been contrary till yesterday. Damon could not come, he could not conquer impossibilities ; he will be here to-morrow, and the blood which is shed to-day, shall have ransomed the life of my friend.
Page 138 - Where was the father's heart when he could look for, or find an immediate consolation, for the loss of an only son, in consultations and bargains for a place at court, and even in the misery of balloting at the India house...
Page 138 - ... of a borough. He would not have thought it consistent with his rank in the state, or even with his personal importance, to be the little tyrant of a little corporation. He would never have been insulted with virtues which he had laboured to...
Page 212 - Be it sufficient, in the mean time, that my friend will be found noble ; that his truth is unimpeachable ; that he will...
Page 137 - You are so little accustomed to receive any marks of respect or esteem from the public, that if, in the following lines, a compliment or expression of applause should escape me, I fear you would consider it as a mockery of your established character, and perhaps an insult to your understanding.
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Page 212 - Dionysius was already there; he was exalted on a moving throne that was drawn by six white horses, and sat pensive and attentive to the prisoner.
Page 150 - Immediately after leaving the King's Bench Prison, By the Benefit of the Act of Insolvency ; In consequence of which, he registered His Kingdom of Corsica, For the use of his creditors. The grave, great teacher, to a level brings. Heroes, and beggars, galley-slaves, and kings : But Theodore this moral learn'd, ere dead ; Fate pour'd its lessons on his living head, Bestow'da kingdom, and denied him bread.
Page 121 - Queen) were willing to record them in their royal patent, to remain in the family as a monument consecrated to his consummate virtue, whose name could never be forgot, so long as men preserved any esteem for sanctity of manners, greatness of mind, and a love to their country, constant even to death.