Fugitive Pieces, on Various Subjects, Volume 2R. and J. Dodsley, 1761 - English essays |
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... scarce a third of the Troops employed in the Expedition ; an Expedition , which at this rate must have coft two Millions of Souls on her part ; and it is not unreasonable to judge that the Country which was the Seat of War , must have ...
... scarce a third of the Troops employed in the Expedition ; an Expedition , which at this rate must have coft two Millions of Souls on her part ; and it is not unreasonable to judge that the Country which was the Seat of War , must have ...
Page 36
... Scarce any Part of the World is exempted from its Power . And in thofe few Places where Men enjoy what they call Liberty , it is con- tinually in a tottering Situation , and makes greater and greater Strides to that Gulph of Defpotifm ...
... Scarce any Part of the World is exempted from its Power . And in thofe few Places where Men enjoy what they call Liberty , it is con- tinually in a tottering Situation , and makes greater and greater Strides to that Gulph of Defpotifm ...
Page 39
... scarce a ra- tional Man in Europe , that would not prefer Death to Afiatick Defpotifm . Here then we have the Ac- knowledgment of a great Philofopher , that an irre- gular State of Nature is preferable to such a Govern-- ment ; we have ...
... scarce a ra- tional Man in Europe , that would not prefer Death to Afiatick Defpotifm . Here then we have the Ac- knowledgment of a great Philofopher , that an irre- gular State of Nature is preferable to such a Govern-- ment ; we have ...
Page 58
... scarce ever had a Parliament which knew , when it attempted to fet Limits to the Royal Authority , how to fet Limits to its own . Evils we have had continually calling for Reformation , and Reformations more grievous than any Evils ...
... scarce ever had a Parliament which knew , when it attempted to fet Limits to the Royal Authority , how to fet Limits to its own . Evils we have had continually calling for Reformation , and Reformations more grievous than any Evils ...
Page 175
... scarce above that of Brutes , and their Religion , if any at all , little understood by those who frequent them . Their Food is generally raw Fish , or whatever they kill or find dead , with- out Distinction ; they are of Ufe to the ...
... scarce above that of Brutes , and their Religion , if any at all , little understood by those who frequent them . Their Food is generally raw Fish , or whatever they kill or find dead , with- out Distinction ; they are of Ufe to the ...
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