The Lounger's Common-place Book, Band 3

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editor, and sold, 1798

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Seite 135 - and there a piece of black; patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans, whigs and tories, treacherous friends and open enemies; that it was, indeed, a very curious T fhew, but utterly unfafe
Seite 112 - memory of his traducers will be diffipated into oblivion, is a democrate, a republican and a leveller. " A church is a voluntary fociety of men, joining themfelves together of their own accord, in order to the public worfhipping of God, in fuch a manner, as they judge acceptable to Him, and effectual to the falvation of their fouls; a ftate is alfo a fociety of men,
Seite 168 - continue to think myfelf authorized to apply the beautiful lines of this excellent Poet, to myfelf and the human race. '' For me kind nature wakes her genial pow'r, Suckles each herb, and
Seite 201 - a point. Give me leave, madam, to remark, that the connection fubfifting between your hufband and myfelf, is of a nature too ftrong for me to think of injuring him in a point where the happinefs of his life is fo materially concerned. You cannot be infenfible of his goodnefs, or my obligations ; and
Seite 188 - By my faith, my Lord, I thank you for your good cheer; but I muft not fuffer the laws to be thus broken before my The king, on a certain
Seite 55 - an old family watch, which was in the fame drawer, he cannot afk on the fame terms; but if any could be pointed out, by which he could replace it with twice as many heavy guineas as they can get for it, he would gladly be the
Seite 70 - by external effufion, and loud lamentation, was for that very reafon the more poignant and heart-felt; fhe never fhed a tear, "but let concealment, like a worm i'the bud, feed on her damafk cheek; fhe pin'd in thought; and, with a green and yellow melancholy,
Seite 19 - the more martyrs you make, the more numerous the fons of liberty will become. They will multiply like the Hydra's head, and hurl vengeance at your devoted heads. Let others act as they will; while I have a tongue or an arm, they
Seite 201 - under -which he acted, let it be remembered, that however vanity, pride, or a love of the world's applaufe may diminifh, they cannot, they ought not to prevent our acknowledgement, and admiration of fo extraordinary an inftance of felf-denial : But we muft not forget the letter: "Madam, It would be ridiculous in me, after the late intimation you were

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