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... King of France , with a Plate of him , the Queen , and the Dauphin , Definition of Happiness , Of Taste and Criticism , Inftability of Fortune , Hiftory of the Gypfies , Advice to young Midshipmen , Of Courage , Fortitude , and Fear ...
... King of France , with a Plate of him , the Queen , and the Dauphin , Definition of Happiness , Of Taste and Criticism , Inftability of Fortune , Hiftory of the Gypfies , Advice to young Midshipmen , Of Courage , Fortitude , and Fear ...
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... King Arthur's round Table at Winchester , Surrender of Condé , Awful Death of Mr. Munro , Encampments in July 1793 , Of Magnanimity , The Battle of Iffus , The Fall of Corinth , Fragment of ancient Romance , Vice contrafted with Virtue ...
... King Arthur's round Table at Winchester , Surrender of Condé , Awful Death of Mr. Munro , Encampments in July 1793 , Of Magnanimity , The Battle of Iffus , The Fall of Corinth , Fragment of ancient Romance , Vice contrafted with Virtue ...
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... King's Houfe at Winchester , Surrender of Fort Louis , Capture of Jeremie and Cape Nicola Mole , in St. Domingo , Excellence of the British Conftitution and Government , State of the Army in Great Britain , Battle of Granicus , Gallant ...
... King's Houfe at Winchester , Surrender of Fort Louis , Capture of Jeremie and Cape Nicola Mole , in St. Domingo , Excellence of the British Conftitution and Government , State of the Army in Great Britain , Battle of Granicus , Gallant ...
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... king de- fireth not any dowry , but an hundred foreskins of the Philiftines . " In the Iliad , Agamemnon offers his daughter to Achilles for a wife ; and fays , that he would not demand for her any price . By the laws of Ethelbert king ...
... king de- fireth not any dowry , but an hundred foreskins of the Philiftines . " In the Iliad , Agamemnon offers his daughter to Achilles for a wife ; and fays , that he would not demand for her any price . By the laws of Ethelbert king ...
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... kings , a long beard was a fign of no- bility and freedom . The kings , as being the highest nobles in their king- dom , were emulous likewife to have the largest beards : Eginard , fecretary to Charlemain , fpeaking of the last kings ...
... kings , a long beard was a fign of no- bility and freedom . The kings , as being the highest nobles in their king- dom , were emulous likewife to have the largest beards : Eginard , fecretary to Charlemain , fpeaking of the last kings ...
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Page 45 - This natural liberty consists properly in a power of acting as one thinks fit, without any restraint or control, unless by the law of nature; being a right inherent in us by birth, and one of the gifts of God to man at his creation, when he endued him with the faculty of free will.
Page 200 - A crime, or misdemeanor, is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it.
Page 200 - ... an infringement or privation of the civil rights which belong to individuals, considered merely as individuals; public wrongs, or crimes and misdemeanors, are a breach and violation of the public rights and duties due to the whole community, considered as a community, in its social aggregate capacity.
Page 137 - Of every hearer; for it so falls out, That what we have we prize not to the worth, Whiles we enjoy it; but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value; then we find The virtue, that possession would not show us, Whiles it was ours...
Page 45 - French at any time; so we went down to the door where both the sentries were posted, and rushing upon them, seized their arms in a moment, and knocked them down. From thence nine of us ran together to the quay, and seizing the first boat we met, got out of the harbour and put to sea. We had not been here three days before we were taken up by the Dorset privateer, who were glad of so many good hands; and we consented to run our chance.
Page 49 - And, lastly, to vindicate these rights, when actually violated or attacked, the subjects of England are entitled, in the first place, to the regular administration and free course of justice in the courts of law; next, to the right of petitioning the king and parliament for redress of grievances; and, lastly, to the right of having and using arms for self-preservation and defence.
Page 44 - I knew of my breed, seed, and generation ; but, though I gave a very true account, the justice said I could give no account; so I was indicted...
Page 206 - So dreadful a list, instead of diminishing, increases the number of offenders. The injured, through compassion, will often forbear to prosecute: juries, through compassion, will sometimes forget their oaths, and either acquit the guilty or mitigate the nature of the offence : and judges, through compassion, will respite one half of the convicts, and recommend them to the royal mercy.
Page 88 - Other Romans shall arise, Heedless of a soldier's name; Sounds, not arms, shall win the prize, Harmony the path to fame.
Page 45 - Frenchmen : we had no arms ; but one Englishman is able to beat five French at any time : so we went down to the door, where both the sentries were posted, and rushing upon them, seized their arms in a moment, and knocked them down. From thence, nine of us ran together to the quay...