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... interest , surround thine island with a zone of flames and steel , pour on thy dried up Downs innu- merable and invincible phalanxes , rushing with fury to prostrate thy proud throne , audacious freebooter of the seas ! Thy existence is ...
... interest , surround thine island with a zone of flames and steel , pour on thy dried up Downs innu- merable and invincible phalanxes , rushing with fury to prostrate thy proud throne , audacious freebooter of the seas ! Thy existence is ...
Page 55
... interest of mortal men . Be mild without weakness , religious without superstition , equitable without severity , a king without despotism , or a subject without meanness or regret . " Oh God of heavens ! cast thine eye on this un ...
... interest of mortal men . Be mild without weakness , religious without superstition , equitable without severity , a king without despotism , or a subject without meanness or regret . " Oh God of heavens ! cast thine eye on this un ...
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... interest of your preservation , which is paramount to every other consideration in their eyes , has determined them to make a last attempt . It is no longer expected to lead us in triumph from this hor- rid dungeon to be again seated on ...
... interest of your preservation , which is paramount to every other consideration in their eyes , has determined them to make a last attempt . It is no longer expected to lead us in triumph from this hor- rid dungeon to be again seated on ...
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... , and I held public independence in abhorrence . I was influenced by that motive also , which leads one to adopt an object , not so much for the interest which it creates , as for the hatred inspired by CHURCHYARD . 171.
... , and I held public independence in abhorrence . I was influenced by that motive also , which leads one to adopt an object , not so much for the interest which it creates , as for the hatred inspired by CHURCHYARD . 171.
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... interest of the kingdom and of our house , presented my brother in law with an opportunity of seeing me oftener , and induced me to make use of a familiarity , which flattered his love at the same time that it was deceived . For some ...
... interest of the kingdom and of our house , presented my brother in law with an opportunity of seeing me oftener , and induced me to make use of a familiarity , which flattered his love at the same time that it was deceived . For some ...
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Page 1 - Death loves a shining mark, a signal blow; A blow, which, while it executes, alarms; And startles thousands with a single fall.
Page 121 - He deprecates those murmurs of surprise or displeasure, which his discourse evidently called forth more than once, 4 though not so much on his own account as on that of the dikasts, who will be benefited by hearing him, and who will hurt themselves and their city much more than him, if they should now pronounce condemnation.
Page 137 - Unanimously conspiring against me, they daily invent some new humiliation, which adds to the horror of my destiny ; they distil, drop by drop on my wounded heart, the poison of adversity, numbering my sighs with delight, and before they quaff my blood, they quench their thirst • with my tears.