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... true Idea of our valuable Conftitution ; to revive in the Minds of the People its genuine Spirit ; to fhew the fatal effects of Favouritifm ; to . guard against the enormous Power of the Crown , and to expofe the wicked Tranfac- tions ...
... true Idea of our valuable Conftitution ; to revive in the Minds of the People its genuine Spirit ; to fhew the fatal effects of Favouritifm ; to . guard against the enormous Power of the Crown , and to expofe the wicked Tranfac- tions ...
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... little pre- tenfions has he to the title of True Briton . Conscious of this , he only gives himself out as à Briton ; a circumftance equally common to A 4 him 1 him and Buck - horse . I wish the No. 1. THE NORTH BRITON . 7.
... little pre- tenfions has he to the title of True Briton . Conscious of this , he only gives himself out as à Briton ; a circumftance equally common to A 4 him 1 him and Buck - horse . I wish the No. 1. THE NORTH BRITON . 7.
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... true Scot . I am upbraided with having said , that Scotland is exhausted by former rebellions , and the prefent general defertion of her fons and daughters : the affertion is , alas ! too true ; and the fact too glaring to be denied ...
... true Scot . I am upbraided with having said , that Scotland is exhausted by former rebellions , and the prefent general defertion of her fons and daughters : the affertion is , alas ! too true ; and the fact too glaring to be denied ...
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... true and fair reason is this : though our civil and military lifts are filled by ourselves , and we have fo carefully excluded almost every English- man , and other foreigners , yet , as they are by no means adequate to all our ...
... true and fair reason is this : though our civil and military lifts are filled by ourselves , and we have fo carefully excluded almost every English- man , and other foreigners , yet , as they are by no means adequate to all our ...
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... true , that the riches of every country confift in the number of its in- habitants , ( not the proud and idle , but the industrious inhabitants ) how poor , alas ! are we even in this refpect ? An expedient however ' might perhaps be ...
... true , that the riches of every country confift in the number of its in- habitants , ( not the proud and idle , but the industrious inhabitants ) how poor , alas ! are we even in this refpect ? An expedient however ' might perhaps be ...
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Page 163 - even becaufe they have feduced my people, faying, Peace, and there was no Peace! and one built up a Wall, and lo! others daubed it with untempered mortar. Say unto them, which daub it with untempered mortar, that it (hall fall. BIBLE. IN the prefent fituation of affairs, when Peace is the great
Page 102 - is paid. His definition of excife is, that it is a hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges
Page 100 - His definition then of a penfion is, an allowance made to any one without an equivalent. In England it is generally
Page 107 - tells the world, vol. ii. p. 230, that he is " A friend of princes, poets, wits, " A judge infallible of TITS." In my private opinion, however, the merit of loth was very great, and neither ought to pafs unnoticed. The impartial and inimitable pen of Cervantes has made Rozinante immortal as well as Don Quixote. Lord
Page 112 - knows what it means. Corn is reafonable plenty at this time; for fince they heard of the king's coming, it hath been as unlawful for the common people to eat -wheat, as it was in the old time for any but the priefts to eat
Page 111 - too, and good for thofe that can eat it raw ; but if it come once into their hands, it is worfe than if it were three days old; for their butter and cheefe I will not meddle withal at this time, nor no man elfe at any time that loves his life.
Page 213 - governed nation ; That war, or peace, or both, at once may be As things acquainted or familiar to us.
Page i - OTHERS. ILLUSTRATED WITH USEFUL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES, AND A COLLECTION OF ALL THE PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, AND COURTS OF WESTMINSTER, AGAINST Mr. WILKES. WITH ALL THE TRACTS AND PAPERS Relating to the NORTH BRITON, ESSAY ON WOMAN, ELECTION FOR MIDDLESEX, &c. The Whole forming a more Complete Collection than has hitherto been
Page 209 - rhime.. • Some copy with prodigious 'fkill The figures of a buttery-bill, Which with great folks of erudition Shall pafs for Coptic or Phoenician. While fome, as patriot love prevails, To compliment a Prince of Wales, Salute the royal babe in Welfh, And fend forth gutturals like a belch.