Fugitive Pieces on Various Subjects: A vindication of natural societyR. and J. Dodsley, 1761 - English essays |
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Page 22
... less than twelve hun- dred thoufand Lives must have been facrificed ; but no fooner had he fallen himself a Sacrifice to his Vices , than a thousand Breaches were made for Ruin to en- ter , and give the last hand to this Scene of Mifery ...
... less than twelve hun- dred thoufand Lives must have been facrificed ; but no fooner had he fallen himself a Sacrifice to his Vices , than a thousand Breaches were made for Ruin to en- ter , and give the last hand to this Scene of Mifery ...
Page 27
... less than two Millions of that People . I fay nothing of the Loppings made from that Stock whilft it ftood ; nor from the Suckers that grew out of the old Root ever fince . But if , in this inconfiderable Part of the Globe , fuch a ...
... less than two Millions of that People . I fay nothing of the Loppings made from that Stock whilft it ftood ; nor from the Suckers that grew out of the old Root ever fince . But if , in this inconfiderable Part of the Globe , fuch a ...
Page 42
... less afraid of one another , than they are of the People ; and for that Reason , politically enervate their own Body by the fame effeminate Luxury , by which they cor- rupt 1 rupt their Subjects . They are impoverished by every 42 A ...
... less afraid of one another , than they are of the People ; and for that Reason , politically enervate their own Body by the fame effeminate Luxury , by which they cor- rupt 1 rupt their Subjects . They are impoverished by every 42 A ...
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... less an Artist , than the cele- brated Poet and Philofopher , Solon . But no fooner was this Political Veffel launched from the Stocks , than it overfet even in the Life - time of the Builder . A Tyranny immediately fupervened ; not by ...
... less an Artist , than the cele- brated Poet and Philofopher , Solon . But no fooner was this Political Veffel launched from the Stocks , than it overfet even in the Life - time of the Builder . A Tyranny immediately fupervened ; not by ...
Page 45
... less difficult to deal with them on account of their Pride and Infolence . Furious in their Adver- fity , tyrannical in their Succeffes , a Commander had more Trouble to concert his Defence before the People , than to plan the ...
... less difficult to deal with them on account of their Pride and Infolence . Furious in their Adver- fity , tyrannical in their Succeffes , a Commander had more Trouble to concert his Defence before the People , than to plan the ...
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